Steve Bradford

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Steve Bradford

Henry M. Grether, Jr. Professor of Law University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law Lincoln, NE

Professor Bradford teaches primarily securities regulation and business associations courses. He is the co-author of an introductory book on accounting, Basic Accounting Principles for Lawyers and numerous articles on securities regulation and regulatory exemptions. He also has a strong interest in legal humor and has authored several humorous law review articles, some of them intentionally humorous. Professor Bradford is a member of the CALI Editorial Board, and was a CALI Business Organizations fellow. Professor Bradford received his B.S. degree (summa cum laude) from Utah State in 1978, and a M.P.P. and J.D. (magna cum laude) from Harvard University in 1982. Prior to teaching at Nebraska, he worked for the law firm of Jenkens & Gilchrist in Dallas.

CALI Lessons

This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.

Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.

Lesson Title	CALI Topic(s)	Published in	Latest update	Runs Past 30 Days	Runs Past 120 Days
Section 11 of the Securities Act - Part 2: Due Diligence and Other Defenses	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Securities	2017	January 9, 2018	4	5
Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations Securities	2002	February 21, 2019	17	30
Shareholder Agreements Under RMBCA Section 7.32	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2002	July 30, 2020	8	22
Shareholder Appraisal Rights	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2004	July 6, 2020	24	32
Shareholder Voting Rights in Fundamental Changes	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Corporations	2004	June 22, 2020	15	34
Shareholder Voting: Straight vs. Cumulative	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2002	March 9, 2023	48	104
Types of Business Combinations	Corporations Business Associations 2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics	2003	September 5, 2005	43	87
What is a Director's Conflicting Interest Transaction?	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Business Associations Corporations	2002	August 6, 2020	44	66
What is an Investment Contract?	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Securities	2020	December 8, 2020	6	17