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Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Shielding Your Assets: How Texas LLC Owners Can Protect Against Veil-Piercing Claims

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As a Texas LLC owner, member, or manager, you've made a strategic choice to separate your business and personal finances through a limited liability company structure. This critical legal barrier provides valuable protection,...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

PA Business Owners Beware—Mortimer v. McCool Creates New Exposure for Sister Companies in Piercing-the-Corporate-Veil Claims

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Clients often worry if they can be held personally liable for a company in which they have an ownership interest. This is often followed by the question of whether one of their companies can be responsible for the obligation...more

Robson & Robson, P.C.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Business Owners To Escape Legal Liability By Hiding Behind Corporate Structures

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“Piercing the corporate veil” is one of those legal terms that makes a legal action seem more romantic than it really is. When a party to a legal dispute attempts to pierce the corporate veil of a corporate adversary, they...more

Freeman Law

Alter Ego and The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: Texas Business Owner Personally Liable for His Corporation’s Failure to Pay...

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In a recent case before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the court was faced with the following question: Whether a business owner could be held personally liable for his corporation’s failure to pay taxes.  Its answer?...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Connecticut Moves to Protect Business Owners and Investors

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This past session, the Connecticut General Assembly has adopted legislation to provide clarity and predictability to business owners and the investors regarding when their personal assets could be at risk because of the...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

“Reverse Veil Piercing” to Reach an LLC’s Assets

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“Piercing the corporate veil” — also referred to as “alter ego” liability — is a familiar concept under California law. Ordinarily, a corporation or other entity (such as an LLC) is considered a legal entity separate and...more

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