תכנית הלימודים

Introduction to the US Legal System

Prof. Betsy Candler

This course will provide a brief overview of the U.S. legal and regulatory system, focusing on issues of interest to the business lawyer. It will also introduce fundamental structural issues like the relation between federal and state law and its implication for corporate and securities law, torts, and IP, and will explore the process that produces business regulation.

Intellectual Property 

Prof. Peter S. Menell

Focusing on U.S. IP law, we will explore particular challenges posed by the digital age to the principal modes of IP protection: protection for software and business methods (patent law), protection for software and file sharing technology and copy protection technology (copyright law), domain names (trademark law); and the intersection of IP with competition policy. 

Entrepreneurship

Prof. Jerome S. Engel

Venture Capital

Prof. Abe Cable

Digital Antitrust

Prof.Tom Brown

Following an overview of U.S. antitrust, we will focus on some of the most exciting and noteworthy issues currently arising in business law, such as the regulation of competition in the digital age, as well as prominent recent cases, like the emerging case of B2B search engines vs. Google.

Securities Fraud

Prof. Reza Dibadj

Merger & Acquisitions

Prof. Steven Davidoff

Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance

Prof. Jo-Ellen Pozner