Posts Tagged ‘thinly capitalized’
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 alter ego theory of liability. The individual argued that the alter ego claim belonged to…
Read MoreDealing With a Financially Weak Corporation
Knowingly dealing with a thinly capitalized corporation and not asking for a guaranty will make it tough to pierce the corporate veil. This is illustrated by the case of Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC, v. Ham, 614 F.3d 698 (7th Cir. 2010), a case decided under Nevada law. Millenium Holding Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation,…
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