Professor Lipton's research explores corporate governance, the relationships between corporations and investors, and the role of corporations in society.
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corporate law, securities law
Teaching
courses taught
LAWS 7401 - Securities Regulation
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Fall 2025
This course provides an introduction to the law governing securities issuance and trading, including the operations of securities markets, and the activities secondary actors such as investment banks and broker-dealers. The course also addresses the purposes behind modern securities regulation, including investor protection, efficient allocation of capital, and promotion of good corporate governance. Materials for this course emphasize statutory and regulatory interpretation.
LAWS 7411 - Mergers and Acquisitions
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Fall 2025
This course provides an introduction to the legal rules and principles governing mergers and negotiated acquisitions. We will begin with an examination of the deal structures used in most common transactions. We will then typical provisions negotiated in merger agreements. Finally we turn to questions of the fiduciary duties of selling directors in the context of mergers and in negotiating the sale of the corporation.
LAWS 7621 - Business Associations
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Spring 2026
Covers the law of agency, partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations. It includes principles of agency, formation and operation of business entities, fiduciary duties of the actors in business entities, and the relevant federal and state laws related to those entities. Students who take this course cannot also receive course credit for Corporations (LAWS 6211) or Agency, Partnerships (LAWS 6201).
