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International Business & Economic Law LL.M. - List A 1 LAW 1535 v00 Advanced Topics in Corporate Law: Management INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & Misconduct (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? keyword=LAW%201535%20v00) ECONOMIC LAW LL.M. - LIST A J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 1 credit hour Through the lens of Delaware law, this course will review the roles of Click here (http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic- the board of directors, senior officers, and stockholders in overseeing programs/graduate-programs/degree-programs/international-business- a corporation, monitoring management conduct, and promoting economic-law/curriculum.cfm) for more information. compliance. The course will consider the director’s duty of oversight, its origins, and how it has evolved. The course will examine whether Search LL.M International Business and Economic Law - List A senior officers owe a similar duty of oversight, or whether different Courses (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/? duties apply. We will delve deeply into the derivative action, which is program=program_97) the primary enforcement mechanism through which stockholders can address management misconduct. As part of this effort, we will explore LAW 448 v00 Advanced Antitrust Economics and Law Seminar (http:// the various stages of the derivative action and consider its strengths and curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW weaknesses. %20448%20v00) J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2-3 credit hours As its source materials, the course will examine recent derivative This seminar examines recent developments in the economic approach lawsuits. The course also will consider hot-button topics, such as to antitrust law and practice. Topics include issues at the frontier in #MeToo issues as a business risk. various areas, including some or all of the following: decision-theoretic approach to antitrust, partial ownership acquisitions, advanced merger Course enrollment is limited to 35. Students are expected to possess analysis and policy, buyer power, conditional pricing practices, intellectual a basic understanding of the law applicable to alternative entities and property/antitrust interface, pay-for-delay agreements, standard setting, corporations. An introductory course in corporations is a prerequisite. abuse of dominance, and behavioral economics. Students must complete a 2 or 3 credit paper and weekly assignments on the topic for the week. Learning Objectives: Some time is spent throughout the term on the student papers. This After taking this course, students will be able to answer the following is an excellent course for students preparing for a career on antitrust. questions: There will be written assignments that must be submitted for each class. Attendance is also required. • What standards apply to a board and senior officers when overseeing a corporation, monitoring for misconduct, and promoting Prerequisite: Antitrust Law (or the equivalent Antitrust Economics and compliance? Law). • What is the duty of oversight, how did it arise, and how has it evolved? Note: This seminar requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the • What is the nature of a stockholder derivative action, the various 3 credit section of the seminar if they wish to write a paper fulfilling stages of the proceeding, and its strengths and weaknesses? the Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement. The paper requirements • Are stockholder derivative actions an effective way of policing of the 2 credit section will not fulfill the J.D. Upperclass Legal Writing management misconduct? Is the Delaware corporate model Requirement. particularly prone to management misconduct? • Do alternative structures, such as B-corps or constituency-based models, offer promising alternatives? • Can a corporation serve morally good ends? Prerequisite: Corporations. Note: ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolled students must be in attendance at the start of the first class session in order to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at the start of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admitted off the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class session in its entirety. Failure to attend any class session in its entirety will result in a withdrawal. Add/Drop and Withdrawal Policies No student will be permitted to drop this course after October 14, 2021. Failure to drop the course by October 14, 2021 will result in a withdrawal. No student may withdraw from this class without permission from the professors. 2 International Business & Economic Law LL.M. - List A LAW 038 v02 Antitrust Economics and Law (http:// LAW 050 v00 Aviation Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/ curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW course-search/?keyword=LAW%20050%20v00) %20038%20v02) J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 4 credit hours This course encompasses most aspects of air transportation, including This course covers the major federal legislation and doctrine in the airport and air traffic control liability, air carrier liability in the carriage field of antitrust law with a primary focus upon governmental efforts of passengers and cargo domestically as well as internationally under to promote competition. Emphasis is placed upon the growing role of the Montreal Convention and economic and safety regulation of economic analysis and trends in judicial interpretation relating to the domestic and international air transportation. The course also includes coordination, monopolies, mergers and joint ventures, as well as evolving contributions by practitioners in the field. legal standards, including the role of decision theory in setting legal standards. LAW 050 v01 Aviation Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/ course-search/?keyword=LAW%20050%20v01) This version of basic antitrust places greater emphasis on the tools J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours of economic analysis that have taken on growing importance in The course, taught by practitioners in the field, covers contemporary and antitrust as well as controversies between Chicago School and post- cutting-edge aviation topics such as international commercial aviation, Chicago economic approaches. There is no economics prerequisite. The aviation security, and the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (i.e., necessary economic tools will be developed in the course. Students drones) into the national airspace. The course material will encompass should be prepared to master economic as well as legal materials. There most aspects of aviation law, including the law of international civil will be written assignments that must be submitted for each class. aviation, the economic and safety regulation of air transportation, aircraft registration and certification, aircraft accidents, airport law, Recommended: Some economics background is helpful, but not required. government immunity from tort liability, and airline liability for the carriage of passengers and cargo domestically and internationally under Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both this the Montreal Convention. Students are exposed to a range of materials, course and Antitrust Law. including cases, treaties, executive agreements, and regulations, with a LAW 038 v01 Antitrust Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/ view towards imparting practical skills that can be applied to any field of course-search/?keyword=LAW%20038%20v01) law. J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours This course covers the major federal legislation in the field of antitrust law, with a primary focus upon governmental efforts to promote competition, including Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, and Section 7 of the Clayton Act. Emphasis is placed upon the growing role of economic analysis and other modern trends in judicial interpretation, with an emphasis on understanding the means by which courts determine whether unilateral and collaborative business conduct is pro-competitive or anticompetitive, regardless of the particular statutory provision at issue. Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both this course and Antitrust Economics and Law. LAW 038 v50 Antitrust Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/ course-search/?keyword=LAW%20038%20v50) J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours This course covers the major federal antitrust statutes and related federal agency guidelines, with a primary focus on government efforts to protect and promote competition through the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Emphasis is placed on the growing use of economic analysis and other modern trends in judicial interpretation of these statutes, and on recent case law addressing vertical and horizontal restraints, monopolization, and mergers. Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both this course and Antitrust Economics and Law. International Business & Economic Law LL.M. - List A 3 LAW 370 v02 Business and Human Rights in the Global Economy LAW 3060 v00 Business, Human Rights and Sustainability (http:// (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW %20370%20v02) %203060%20v00) J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hours LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 1 credit hour Corporations today have a global scale as well as an impact that matches The relationship between business, human rights, and sustainability has