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So, about professional wrestling… It’s hardly immune to the vicissitudes of the business world, particularly when we’re talking about a publicly traded company ($88/share) with a...

--> The 21st Century's third (by our count) Trial of the Century starts today: The US v. Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes was the founder and CEO of...

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Capital Structure-Debt vs. Equity Generally speaking, corporations raise capital through debt or equity or a combination of both. Equity investments—the purchase of shares issued by the...

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Choosing the Business Entity The selection of a type of business ownership is a decision that a person should make, in consultation with an attorney and...

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What is stock in a corporation? Capital Stock The defining characteristic of a corporate legal structure is that its ownership is in the form of stock....

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Elsewhere on this website and blog post, we have argued that majority shareholders and corporations owe fiduciary duties to minority shareholders in the context of a...

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Corporations are so ubiquitous that it is surprising that they are a relatively recent legal development. Here is a history of the development of the Texas...

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Ownership interests in a for-profit corporation must be evidenced by a share certificate, unless otherwise provided by the governing documents of the corporation or by resolution...

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What is a corporation? How is it different from a partnership? What are the legal obligations? Attributes of the corporate entity The corporate structure allows the...

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Texas law recognizes “the property right which a share in such a company creates.” Yeaman v. Galveston City Co., 167 S.W. 710, 719 (Tex. 1914). In...