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Veil Piercing, Revisited

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In 2020, when we last blogged on corporate veil piercing in Tennessee, we matter-of-factly said, “[t]he law in Tennessee on ‘piercing the corporate veil’ has not substantially changed” since previous blogs. Well, that’s no...more

Allen Matkins

Court Holds Corporations Owed Duty To Protect Third Parties From Abuse By Sole Shareholder

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Michael Jackson died in 2009.  After his death, two plaintiffs filed complaints against two corporations of which Michael Jackson was the sole shareholder.  The trial court sustained the plaintiffs' demurrer setting up...more

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25% Owner Held Not to Have Dominated and Controlled Corporate Entity to Pierce the Corporate Veil

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By: Jeffrey M. Haber This Blog has previously written about the benefits of forming a corporation or a limited liability corporation and the perils of ignoring the corporate formalities that are attendant thereto. In today’s...more

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Outside Reverse Veil Piercing And LLCs

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"Outside reverse veil piercing" allows a shareholder's creditor to reach corporate assets.  In Postal Instant Press, Inc. v. Kaswa Corp., 162 Cal. App. 4th 1510 (2008), the Fourth District Court of Appeal rejected outside...more

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California Court Addresses Outside Reverse Veil Piercing Of Chimeric LLC

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Reverse veil piercing involves subjecting an entity to the liabilities of its owner. As Professor Bainbridge has noted, there are two types of reverse veil piercing...more

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Piercing the Corporate Veil, or ‘Alter Ego’ liability, in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and the British Virgin Islands

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Creative attempts to ‘pierce the corporate veil’ sometimes come before the Courts of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands. In some cases, an attempt is made to establish personal liability on the...more

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Should Insider Reverse Veil Piercing Be Applied To Protect Constitutional Rights?

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Last Friday's post addressed Vice Chancellor Slights' novel ruling that outsider reverse veil piercing is an equitable remedy that is available in Delaware.  Manichaean Capital v. Excela Technologies, Inc., 2021 Del. Ch....more

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