Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 280: Listen and Learn -- Piercing the Corporate Veil
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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
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
A New York appeals court has affirmed a $1.6 billion award for the developer of a Bahamas mega project against various subsidiaries of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the world’s largest construction company...more
Reverse piercing attaches liability for the judgment to a corporations’ owners and/or directors because they exercise complete dominion of the business, and such domination was used to commit a fraud against the plaintiff....more
On September 5, 2023, the Delaware Chancery Court largely denied a motion dismiss a trade creditor’s successor liability and fraudulent transfer claims against the buyer of a manufacturer’s assets and the manufacturer’s...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a judgment holding a lawyer jointly and severally liable for trade secret misappropriation and fraudulent transfer and enjoining any further use of the trade secrets...more
Normally, a business entity is considered a legal person separate and apart from its individual owners. But when the entity is used by an owner to perpetrate a fraud, circumvent a statute, or accomplish some other wrongful...more
Recently, the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”), expanded the potential liability of a parent company’s subsidiaries by allowing reverse veil-piercing in Manichaean Cap., LLC. v. Exela Techs., Inc., C.A. No....more
Three months after a leak and investigation into over $2 trillion in suspect transactions at the world’s largest banks and financial institutions, known as the “FinCEN Files,” Congress passed legislation that would require...more
Dear YouDig? When we first met, the contractor’s owner pulled into the site in his tricked out red pickup and promised us the stars and the moon. Unfortunately, all we ended up with was the pits! We ended up with a leaky...more
In corporate fraud suits, it is common for plaintiffs to file claims against executives in their capacity as corporate officers. However, to succeed on a corporate-capacity claim, a plaintiff must be able to show that the...more
The Colorado Court of Appeals recently held that the Colorado Wage Claim Act does not categorically bar individual liability for unpaid wages, rejecting arguments that a 2003 Colorado Supreme Court decision precluded any and...more