NMBA-6351 Legal Environment of Business (MG 770)

Note: The following provides a suggested course description, objectives, and an outline. These may be modified pending discussion with the Faculty Chairs, proposing faculty, and other curriculum reviewers.

Representative Course Description:

Legal environment within which business must operate. Nature and source of law, the operation of the judicial system, the operation of administrative agencies, selected Constitutional provisions frequently involved in litigation of business problems, and selected substantive legal areas having a direct relationship with business operation and decision making.

Representative Course Topical Areas:

• American Legal System, Courts and Procedure
• Constitutional Basis for Business Regulation
• Courts Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Agency and Forms of Business Organizations
• Administrative Law
• Torts
• Contracts & Sales
• Product Liability
• Intellectual Property
• The Employment Agreement
• Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination
• Debtor-creditor Relations and Bankruptcy
• Introduction to the Employment Relationship
• Wrongful Discharge
  • What is it
  • Public policy
• Avoiding Employment Related Tort Claims
  • Emotional distress
  • Fraud
  • Defamation
  • Invasion of privacy
• Managers and Hiring Malpractice
  • Negligent hiring
  • Supervision training and retention
• Eliminating Discriminatory Bias from Personnel Decisions
  • Sources of anti-discrimination laws
  • Discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, and national origin
  • Discrimination based upon age
  • Discrimination-based upon disability

Prerequisite Knowledge:

None required.