Law for Business: 2026 Release ISE

Professor Emeritus of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington. He previously served as Dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and as Professor of Law in the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and has taught business law in the business schools at both Indiana University and Georgetown University. He has won teaching awards in both the School of Business and the law school. His teaching interests include commercial law, environmental law, alternative dispute resolution, law and public policy, and ethics and the public official. He is the co-author of several leading books on business law.From 1985 to 1988, Professor Barnes served as the deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. From 1983 to 1985, he was the EPA general counsel, and in the early 1970s he served as chief of staff to the first administrator of the EPA. Professor Barnes also served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice and as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For six years, from 1975 to 1981, he had a commercial and environmental law practice with the firm of Beveridge and Diamond in Washington, DC.Professor Barnes is a Fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). From 2004 to 2010, he chaired the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Finance Advisory Board. He was a member of the Department of Energy's Environmental Management Board from 2005 to 2011. Shawna Meyer Eikenberry is Clinical Professor of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Prior to joining Kelley, Professor Eikenberry was a lawyer for nearly 17 years, and spent most of that time advising business clients on multiple legal issues with the law firm of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. During her time practicing law, she focused on construction law, real estate litigation, and general business litigation. Professor Eikenberry also spent time as a lawyer representing what was then the Marion County of Office and Family and Children, handling legal issues and trials involving abused and neglected children. Professor Eikenberry has taught a variety of classes to undergraduate and graduate students. Classes taught include the Legal Environment of Business and Business Ethics for undergraduate students, as well as a class focusing on the freedom of speech in business. She has also taught negotiations, decision-making and leadership, and business law and ethics at the graduate level. Her teaching focus includes ethical issues in modern businesses and the importance of understanding and assessing legal risks in business, and specifically contracts. Professor Eikenberry was a finalist in the Charles M. Hewitt Master Teacher Competition at the 2019 Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference and has twice received of the Innovative Teaching Award at the Kelley School of Business. Lynn Freeman Keller, J.D., M.S.W. is Lecturer of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Before joining Kelley, Professor Keller practiced law for over ten years. She worked in private practice with a focus on business law, real estate, and general civil litigation. Additionally, she served for several years as a deputy prosecutor, handling a wide range of cases ranging from misdemeanors to murder. She has also specialized in Title IV-D child support enforcement. Professor Keller draws on her background in both social work and law to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and enhance access to the law. She has served as a field instructor for the Indiana University School of Social Work and worked with various community organizations to support cross-disciplinary partnerships. Her expertise spans multiple areas including business law, criminal law, family law, human trafficking, intimate partner and family violence, nonprofit administration, and community engagement. Professor Keller teaches courses in business law, personal law, and business ethics. She has been recognized for her innovative teaching and has received the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award. Clinical Professor of Business Law and Director of the Legal Advising Forum for the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. He is the Faculty Liaison for Undergraduate Student Engagement and is an affiliated faculty member of the Indiana University Media School and the Center for Intellectual Property Research at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He has served as Contributing Editor for the Law & Ethics column in Business Horizons, as a reviewer for the American Business Law Journal, and as chair of the Marketing and Sports Law Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Prior to his academic appointment, he was an intellectual property litigator at Baker & Hostetler LLP and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, both nationally ranked law firms.Professor Lemper’s research and teaching focus on intellectual property, unfair competition, and the First Amendment. In 2012, his research prompted Congress to amend the trademark dilution provisions in the Lanham Act, the federal trademark statute. He teaches a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including the Intellectual Property Law & Strategy, Legal Aspects of Marketing, Legal Environment of Business, Law & Ethics for Business Leaders, and Communications Law.Professor Lemper is a Harry S. Truman Scholar who holds a law degree from Harvard Law School; a master's degree in public policy and administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science; and bachelor’s degrees in English, history, and political science from Indiana University. In addition to his teaching and research, Professor Lemper serves on the Board of Directors for the Hoosier Social Impact Fund, a community development financial institution affiliated with the Kelley School of Business, and as National Vice President for Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, the nation’s oldest and largest honor society recognizing academic achievement in the first year of college. April Edwards Sellersis Clinical Professor of Business Law and Ethics and Executive Director of the Kinsey-Kelley Center at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Professor Sellers spent her career before Kelley as a litigator representing businesses, governments and individuals in disputes before federal and state courts as a partner with the law firm of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. Her experience includes product liability litigation and Constitutional challenges to local laws. She has counseled clients in a wide variety of contract, regulatory and product liability disputes. Professor Sellers also is experienced in advising elected officials on legal and ethical matters, having served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the former Mayor of Indianapolis, and as counsel to her county Bar Association and Board of Ethics. Professor Sellers teaches a variety of law and ethics courses to undergraduate and MBA students. Her areas of emphasis include legal and ethical issues in the modern workplace; issues of gender discrimination and harassment; and Constitutional law. She has won several awards for teaching, including the Kelley School of Business Elvin S. Eyster Teaching Scholar Award and Indiana University Trustees Teaching Awards and Innovative Teaching Awards. She has served as chair of the Ethics Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, and as both a guest editor and reviewer for Business Horizons. Anthony Smith is Assistant Professor of Business Law at University of Hartford. Smith earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, a graduate degree in philanthropic studies, and a bachelor’s degree in education from Indiana University. His research expertise is in consumer protection, student loans, and bankruptcy. Previously, he held faculty positions at Bentley University and Ithaca College. Smith has spent time both teaching and working in the People's Republic of China. He is teaching Legal Environment in Business.

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW1. Law and Legal Reasoning2. Dispute Settlement3. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility4. Business and the Constitution5. Criminal Law and Procedure6. Intentional Torts7. Negligence and Strict Liability8. Intellectual PropertyPART TWO: CONTRACT9. The Nature and Origins of Contracts10. Creating a Contract: Offers11. Creating a Contract: Acceptances12. Consideration13. Capacity to Contract14. Consent to Contract15. Illegality16. Form and Meaning of Contracts17. Third Parties’ Contract Rights18. Contract Performance and RemediesPART THREE: SALES19. Formation and Terms of Sales Contracts20. Warranties and Product Liability21. Performance of Sales Contracts22. Remedies for Breach of Sales ContractsPART FOUR AGENCY AND EMPLOYMENT23. The Agency Relationship—Creation, Duties, and Termination24. Liability of Principals and Agents to Third Parties25. Employment LawsPART FIVE: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS26. Which Form of Business Organization?27. Partnerships28. Formation and Termination of Corporations29. Management of the Corporate Business30. Financing the Corporation and the Role of the Shareholders31. Securities Regulation32. Legal Liability of Accountants