• LAW 965: Globl Public Hlth Law & Policy

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Surveys the international public health institutions and the legal framework that impact cross-border health issues. This course focuses on governance and management of public health issues against the backdrop of the globalization of the world’s economies, cultures, production systems, transnational policies, and increasingly shared environment. This class also examines the significant international legal documents in the context of a number of case studies.Grading Restriction(s): Numeric grading (law students); A-F grading (graduate students).Registration Restriction(s): JD students only or with Instructor Permission.
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• LAW 966: Health Care Fraud and Abuse

  2.00 - 3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  The complex business of health care finance and delivery is increasingly structured by reference to an array of federal regulatory and statutory requirements. Attorneys reviewing relationships among the providers and between providers and payors must be familiar with a number of anti-fraud laws, including the anti-kickback laws, the False Claims Act, and the Stark Law. Examines the application of those laws as they apply to providers; particularly in the context of commercial relationships, regulatory reviews, and criminal investigations and prosecutions. It also will examine the burgeoning areas of provider compliance programs, the use of settlements as enforcement mechanisms, and the changes brought about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Grading Restriction(s): Numeric grading (law students); A-F grading (graduate students).Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 2 or 3 hours.Registration Restriction(s): JD students only or with Instructor Permission.
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• LAW 972: Income Taxation/Busin Organiz

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Survey and comparative analysis of federal patterns of income taxation of partnerships, subchapter C corporations, subchapter S corporations, and limited liability companies; introduction to transactional analysis and business planning. Required written exercises: drafting of portions of partnership agreements, opinion letters, and legal memoranda.(RE) Prerequisite(s): 818.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 973: Wealth Transfer Taxation

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Taxation of gratuitous transfers of wealth during life (gift tax) and at death (estate tax) and of generation skipping transfers.(RE) Corequisite(s): 935.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 974: Tax Practice and Procedure

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Focuses on the practices and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service and the federal courts having jurisdiction in tax controversies using simulations and problems. Will cover the chronology of a typical federal tax controversy from audit through litigation and collection. Topics covered include statutes of limitation, hearings before the IRS Appeals Office, litigation in federal courts, penalty provisions, deficiency procedures, and the ethics of tax practice. Although the focus is on tax controversies, certain topics are also directly relevant to tax compliance and tax planning. Further, a general understanding of how tax controversy works is useful background knowledge for a transactional practice as well.Grading Restriction(s): Numeric grading (law students); A-F grading (graduate students).Registration Restriction(s): JD students only or with Instructor Permission.
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• LAW 975: Tax Theory

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Method and purposes of governmental revenue collection through examination of economic and political theory; comparative analysis of various actual and proposed patterns of taxation: income tax, consumption tax, sales tax, and value-added tax. Required preparation of expository essay on aspect of tax theory chosen by student.Comment(s): Limited enrollment.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 978: Transactional Tax Planning

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Advanced study of taxation of business organizations: tax treatment of business acquisitions, tax planning for financially troubled entities, and review of recent transactions involving cutting-edge tax planning and shaping changes in law.(RE) Prerequisite(s): 818 and 972.Comment(s): Limited enrollment.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 980: Insurance

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Types of insurance: life, property, health, accident and liability insurance; regulation of insurance industry; interpretation of insurance contracts; insurable interest requirement; conditions, warranties and representations; coverage and exclusions; duties of agents; excess liability; subrogation; and bad faith actions against insurers. Liability insurance defense problems: duty to defend, notice and cooperation issues, and conflicts of interest.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 981: Business Torts

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  After the 1980s, there was a significant evolution in the relationship among antitrust, business tort, and unfair competition law. Will focus on the developments in business torts, and in particular, how the law should regulate, promote, or discourage competitive behavior in the marketplace. Will survey the fields of unfair competition, commercial disparagement and defamation, interference torts, the torts of fraud and negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of trade secrets, and state consumer fraud.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 982: Semester in Residence

  9.00 - 11.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Student engages in supervised legal work in a professional placement approved by the program’s supervising faculty member. The student, supervising faculty member, and an onsite attorney supervisor will structure the placement to maximize opportunities for the student to achieve career goals and develop knowledge, skills, and professionalism needed in law practice. The student will regularly interact with and receive feedback from the supervising faculty member and onsite attorney supervisor. In addition to enrolling in this course, student must also enroll in Semester in Residence Seminar during the same semester.Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 9 – 11 hours.(DE) Prerequisite(s): 814.(DE) Corequisite(s): 983.Comments: May not be taken concurrently with 905, 947, 948, or 949.Registration Restriction(s): Third-year law students only.
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