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Business Training Library

Business Law

All courses below are available through the Business Training Library (BTL)
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Contracts in Commercial Transactions

Duration: 4 hours

This course introduces the laws which determine whether contracts are legally binding and enforceable by the courts. This course:

  • Explains the legal requirements for contracts and their different legal classifications
  • Presents strategies for making an offer, successfully negotiating, and designing contracts that protect the rights of the organization, customer, and other interested parties
  • Explains the legal implications of breach of contract and presents strategies that proactively protect an organization's interests when entering into contractual agreements.

Lawsuits and Negotiations

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

This course discusses the legal process of litigation and other out-of-court negotiations that are used to settle business disputes. In addition, this course treats the decision to sue much like other business decisions and offers criteria that management can use to perform a cost-benefit analysis. This course:

  • Begins by presenting proactive management strategies for discouraging damaging lawsuits and avoiding costly litigation
  • Examines forms of alternative dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, and the respective strengths of mediation and arbitration so that management can effectively work with legal counsel to determine when these are appropriate alternatives to litigation
  • Describes the litigation process and its impact on business and strategies for working successfully with administrative agencies.