Posted on October 30, 2024 by
Joel Glick
It is well established that a legal entity created for the purpose of carrying on a trade or business is considered a separate and distinct legal entity from its owner(s) or shareholder(s). However, there are circumstances in commercial litigation when a plaintiff may pierce this corporate veil and hold the owners personally liable for the […]
The $787.5 million settlement recently reached between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News is historic for many reasons, including both parties’ ability to agree upon a payout amount just minutes before the trial was set to begin. In its initial suit, Dominion sought damages totaling $1.6 billion for Fox News’s false and defamatory statements that […]
Posted on September 22, 2021 by
Richard Pollack
Seasoned litigators consider forensic accountants their secret weapon when defending cases involving economic damages. By relying on carefully honed skills to investigate, audit and uncover often-complicated financial transactions, forensic accountants can sort through mountains of data to connect seemingly unrelated dots and identify hidden assets or instances of fraud. In addition to identifying financial facts, […]