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AEM 3200 – Business Law Fall 2021 Dave Sherwyn [email protected] Office: 536 Statler Hall Office Hours: TBA

Adam Klausner [email protected] Office: 435E Statler Hall Office Hours: TBA

Paul Wagner [email protected] Office: 435E Statler Hall Office Hours: TBA

Admin: Lindsey Hulbert [email protected] Class: Wednesday 7:30pm– 10:00pm Warren Hall B25 I. Course Objective An examination of three substantive areas of business law: contracts, business organizations, and employment law. Students read judicial opinions, learn to identify issues, and analyze the issues by applying legal principles. II. Readings Readings will consist of legal opinions - actual disputes decided by courts of law, otherwise known as caselaw. The readings will be available via the class Canvas site. .A Course Packet will eventually be available at the Campus Bookstore. III. Course Requirements and Responsibilities Examinations: There will be two non-cumulative (i.e., no overlap of material) prelims and a non-cumulative final exam. The exams will be essay only, and open notes. Each will count for a third of your final grade. Canvas: Please make sure you are enrolled in the website for this class. We plan to use the following features: Announcements, Course Documents, and Gradebook. Attendance: Attendance is essential to success in this class. The nature of the source material makes it difficult to succeed without the benefit of the lectures, student questions and experience thinking about hypotheticals in class. Class notes from other students are not to be relied on, whether they are accurate or whether they will be well understood without the benefit of attendance is a serious risk. Poor attendance could even mire you in a quagmire of futility. Really.

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Class Schedule & Reading Assignments DATE

TOPIC

Wednesday, September 1st

Introduction to Employment Discrimination Law

READINGS St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.

Wednesday, September 8th

Griggs v. Duke Power Company Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth Bostock v. Clayton County

Wednesday, September 15th

Collins v. Longview Fibre Company Vande Zande v. State of Wisconsin Department of Administration Payne v. McLemore’s Wholesale & Retail Stores Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Company Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.

Wednesday, September 22rd

How to write a law school exam and review

Wednesday, September 29th First exam

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Wednesday, October 6th

Sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, and LLC’s

Wednesday, October 13th

Corporate Veil-Piercing; Shareholder & LLC Operating Agreements Veil –Piercing; Director Liability; Successor Liability

Wednesday, October 20st

Quality Car & Truck v. Sark In re Midnight Star Enterprises, LLC Meinhard v. Salmon Arizona Tile, LLC v. Berger Stone v. Hobby Verderber v. Benco Harger v. Price Rubin v. Murray Venture Sales, LLC v. Perkins American Standard v. OakFabCo

Wednesday, October 27th

Second Exam

Wednesday, November 3th

Contracts

TBA

Wednesday, November 10th

Contracts

TBA

Wednesday, November 17th

Contracts

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No Class

Wednesday, November 24 st

Wednesday, December 1 Wednesday, December 8th

Contracts

TBA Thanksgiving Break Begins TBA

Review for Final Exam

Academic Integrity Absolute integrity is expected of every Cornell student in all academic undertakings. Integrity is grounded on the concept of honesty with respect to the intellectual efforts of oneself and others. Academic integrity is expected not only in formal coursework situations but in all university relationships and interactions connected to the educational process, including the use of university resources. A Cornell student’s submission of work for academic credit indicates that the work is the student’s own. All outside assistance should be acknowledged. In addition, Cornell students have a right to expect academic integrity from each of their peers.

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