I find Judge Cynthia Bashant's recent ruling in Platypus Wear, Inc. v. Bad Boy Europe, Ltd., U.S. Dist. Case No. 16-cv-02751-BAS-BSM (Jan. 23, 2020), to be curious in in several respects. Judge Bashant ruling was on the plaintiff's motion for...
Mr. Clapper is a California resident and the President, Chairman, and controlling shareholder of ScanX, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in California. Mr. Carlson and Carlson Produce, LLC, an Illinois limited liability...
Last August, I published this post about the Fourth District Court of Appeal's decision allowing reverse veil piercing in the case of a Delaware limited liability company even though the court had refused to allow it in the case of a corporation. ...
Recently, I happened across a summary of the "key features" of a corporation on the California Franchise Tax Board's website. Recognizing that it is always a challenge to summarize accurately complex legal matters, I do beg to differ with some of...
Nevada Corporations, Section 2105, Corporate Governance, Alter Ego, Bylaws, chapter 5, franchise tax board, Section 506
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After a three week trial that included extensive expert testimony, a Los Angeles jury returned a $417 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson ($68 million non-economic and $340 million punitive damages) and its subsidiary Johnson &...
Maren Nelson, talcum powder, Corporate Governance, Alter Ego, Echeverria, Johnson & Johnson, subsidiary
Courts historically have applied the alter ego doctrine to "pierce the corporate veil" so that a shareholder may be held liable for the debts or conduct of the corporation. California has extended the possibility of alter ego liability to members...
Limited Liability Companies, llc, reverse veil piercing, Section 17705.03, Alter Ego, Baldwin, Curci Investments, Kaswa, Limited Liability Company, Postal Instant Press, Section 17703.04, veil piercing
In general, the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of a California limited liability company do not become the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of a member or manager solely by reason of the member acting as a member or manager acting...
Limited Liability Companies, llc, Show Ready, Alter Ego, default, Judge Otis D. Wright, liability, Limited Liability Company, Section 17703.04
California's version of the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act expressly subjects members to potential alter ego liability:
A member of a limited liability company shall be subject to liability under the common law governing alter ego...
Limited Liability Companies, Nevada Corporations, llc, webb v. shull, 17703.04, Alter Ego, Jennifer A. Dorsey, Limited Liability Company, Pharmaplast S.A.E. v. Zeus Medical, piercing the corporate veil
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