Architects Granted Reprieve on LLP’s

Persons licensed to engage in the practice architecture, public accountancy, engineering, land surveying, or law may form a limited liability partnership to engage in those professions.  A limited liability partnership is a general partnership that limits the liablity of the … Continue reading

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Demise of the Notion That Alter Ego Claims Belong to the Bankruptcy Estate

Shaoxing County Huayue Import & Export v. Bhaumik In Shaoxing County Huayue Import & Export v. Bhaumik (2011) 191Cal.App. 4th 1189, a creditor of a bankrupt corporation sued in state court to recover payment from an individual based on an … Continue reading

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Personal Liability of Officers for Corporate Obligations

In People v. Roscoe (2008) 169 Cal. App. 4th 829, two individuals (John F. Roscoe and Ned F. Roscoe) were officers, directors, and shareholders of a family company for an underground storage tank that leaked over 3,000 gallons of gasoline … Continue reading

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