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15.615 Essential Law for Business

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Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-6
Credit cannot also be received for 15.6151
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Lecture: MW8.30-10 (E62-250)

Provides a solid grounding in what managers need to know about how law shapes opportunities and risks for the businesses they manage and their own careers. Enhances leadership skills for navigating critical law-sensitive junctures that managers encounter in young and mature companies. Explores the legal frameworks of contracts and deals; litigation and liability; employment and changing jobs; regulation and criminal sanctions; complex transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions; finance and private equity; distress, reorganization, and bankruptcy; cutting-edge digital technologies; and effective use of IP. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.6151 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.
Fall: J. Akula
Spring: J. Akula, L. Rodriques
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Total units: 9

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