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First Department Affirms Dismissal of Alter Ego Allegations Based on Conclusory Pleading
Under New York law, alter ego liability, often referred to as piercing the corporate veil, is a doctrine that permits a court to disregard the corporate form and hold an individual officer, director, or owner liable where that person exercised domination and control over the entity and used that domination and control to commit a fraud or wrong that injured the plaintiff.

Jeffrey Haber
May 277 min read
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