This sophisticated yet accessible casebook balances economic and legal theory with a flexible organization, popular case selection, and effective problems. Updated and strengthened for its Fourth Edition, Corporations and Other Business Associations: Cases and Materials is the foundation of an effective teaching package for courses in corporations or business organizations. Your colleagues nationwide who depend on the O'Kelley and Thompson casebook praise its: balance of theory, cases, and problems, with law and economics theory enriching the book, without dominating the focus carefully selected and edited cases, blending classic and contemporary choices excellent and ample problems to explore the practical applications of theory in the business world - by placing the problems at the end of each chapter, The authors reinforce the preceding case and textual material readable, straightforward writing that makes the book sophisticated, but not intimidating strong coverage of non-corporate business associations accompanying annual statutory supplement the Fourth Edition introduces much new and revised material: expanded coverage of securities law and disclosure duties in general major new cases, including Brehm v. Disney (clarification of pleading requirements in derivative suits), Emerald Partners v. Berlin (clarification of relationship between 102(b)(7) exculpation provisions and entire fairness review), Chesapeake v. Shore (on the application of the Unocal standard of review And The Blasius standard of review) and McMullin v. Beran (review of the fiduciary duties owed by controlling shareholders) new material on federal regulation of insider trading refinements To The website, including additional materials, illustrations, and documents hyperlinked to cases