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Essential Concepts of Business for Lawyers

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ISBN-10: 1454813199

ISBN-13: 9781454813194

Edition: 2012

Authors: Robert J. Rhee

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Accounting and finance cannot be taught through the dense text and formattypical of legal casebooks. Mirroring textbooks used at business schools withsignificant quantities of visuals, Essential Concepts of Business forLawyers uses many graphical elements, including pictures, charts,diagrams, and tables. Engaging hypotheticals are fun and engaging, but theyalso illustrate the application of important concepts in business situations.At the end of every chapter, there are three forms of review and summary:Essential Terms, Key Concepts, and Review Questions. The text uses manyexamples, specially set in example boxes, to illustrate and reinforcedifficult concepts. Completely up to the minute,…    
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Book details

List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Publication date: 5/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 351
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

List of Examples
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
Introduction to Accounting
Importance of Accounting
Financial Accounting Statements
Uses and Limitations
Case Application
Francis v. United Jersey Bank (Part I)
Balance Sheet
Balance Sheet Equation
Assets and Liabilities
Equity
Historical Cost and Market Value
How the Balance Sheet Works
Working Capital and Capital Assets
McDonald's Balance Sheet
Case Application
Francis v. United Jersey Bank (Part II)
United States v. Simon
Klang v. Smith's Food & Drug Centers
Income Statement
Income Statement Equation
Accrual Accounting
How the Income Statement Works
Depreciation and Amortization
Capitalized Costs
McDonald's Income Statement
Case Application
In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation
Cash Flow Statement
"Cash is King"
Cash Flow from Operations
Cash Flow from Investing
Cash Flow from Financing
Putting the Cash Flows Together
McDonald's Cash Flow Statement
Case Application
Smith v. Van Gorkom (Part I)
In re Enron Corp. Securities, Derivative & "ERISA" Litigation
Financial Statement Analysis
Profitability Analyses
Margin analyses
Return on assets and equity (ROA and ROE)
Earnings per share (EPS)
Liquidity
Solvency
Case Application
Ryder Move Management, Inc. v. United States
Creating Financial Statements
Interconnections of Financial Statements
T-Accounts, Debits and Credits
Auditing and Certified Financial Statements
McDonald's Auditor Opinion and Reports on Internal Controls
Case Application 109SEC v. World-Wide Coin Investments, Ltd.
Principles of Finance and Valuation
Time Value of Money
What Is Finance?
Time Value of Money
Future value
Present value
Annuity
Perpetuity formula
Using time value tables
Internal Rate of Return
What's the Point?
Case Application
O'Shea v. Riverway Towing Co.
Risk and Return
Risk Aversion
Risk
Return
Diversification of Risk
Case Application
Joy v. North
Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland, N.V. v. Pathe Comm'n Corp.
Valuation
Conceptualizing the Value of a Firm
Liquidation value
Market value
Market cap versus firm value
Theoretical value
Cost of Capital (or What Is R?)
Cost of debt
Cost of equity and CAPM
Weighted average cost of capital
Theoretical Valuation Based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
Free cash flow
Discounting free cash flow
Market-Based Valuation and Multiples Analysis
Market cap multiples
Firm value multiples
Using multiples to value companies
The Law of One Price and Arbitrage
Comment on Valuation Analysis
Case Application
Tri-Continental Corp. v. Battye
Agranoffv. Miller
Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
Economics of the Firm
Efficiency
Efficiency defined
Limited liability of shareholders
Business judgment rule
Efficiency of Firm Structure
Reason why firms exist
Separation of ownership and control
Agency cost
Capital Structure
Capital structure irrelevance (and relevance)
Agency cost and the role of debt
Leverage buyout (LBO) and debt financing
Conflict between creditors and equityholders
Case Application
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. RJR Nabisco Inc.
Graham v. Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.
Financial Instruments and Capital Markets
Financial Instruments I (Debt and Equity)
Financial Instruments
Debt
Types of debt
Common terms and issues
Bond pricing and yield to maturity
Securitization
Preferred Stock
Hybrid nature of preferred stock
Common terms and issues
Common Stock
Common terms
Typical transactions
Case Application
S.E.C. v. W.J. Howey Co.
Sharon Steel Corp. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Financial Instruments II (Derivatives)
Options
Call option
Put option
Derivatives, as zero sum transactions
Forward and Futures Contracts
Hedging
Put-Call Parity
Valuing Options and the Black-Scholes Formula
Determinants of option value
Principle of Black-Scholes
Case Application
Brane v. Roth
High River L.P. v. Mylan Labs., Inc.
Capital Markets
Capital Markets
Primary and secondary markets
Equity markets
Debt markets
Derivatives, currency, and commodities markets
Major Participants in the Capital Markets
Issuers and investors
Exchanges and trading platforms
Investment banks
Credit rating agencies, accountants and lawyers
Regulators
Efficient Capital Market Hypothesis (ECMH)
Case Application
In re Bear Stearns Cos., Securities, Derivative & ERISA Litigation
Kamin v. American Express
Basic, Inc. v. Levinson
West v. Prudential Securities Inc.
Corporate Transactions
Capital Raising
Reasons for capital raising
Public and private offerings
Capital raising process and the lawyer role
Mergers and Acquisitions
What is M&A?
Rationale for M&A
Accretion and dilution
M&A process and the lawyer's role
Restructuring
Case Application
Escott v. BarChris Construction Corp.
Smith v. Van Gorkom (Part II)
Katz v. Oak Industries, Inc.
Glossary