Piercing the Corporate Veil, Business Ownership, Corporate Veil

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

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 7/1/2025

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

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

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC on 8/4/2023

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

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

Robson & Robson, P.C. on 4/27/2023

“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

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

Freeman Law on 1/10/2022

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

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Broadens the Scope of the “Piercing the Corporate Veil” Doctrine

Houston Harbaugh, P.C. on 10/12/2021

Earlier this year, Houston Harbaugh wrote on the then-pending Pennsylvania Supreme Court case of Mortimer v. McCool, which presented the question of whether the Court would adopt the “enterprise” or “single entity” theory of...more

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

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP on 8/13/2019

“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