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06Aug

Successor Liability in the Pandemic Era

If the 2008 recession gives us the ability to predict anything about upcoming trends in commercial litigation, it is that healthy companies, which normally would not be targeted as defendants, will be sued because the primary wrongdoers are judgment proof. Businesses that are owed money from defunct companies are unlikely to accept substantial losses without exploring ways to collect their debt from third parties, whose liability may not be readily apparent. Under the law of most states, there...
By: White and Williams LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/successor-liability-in-the-pandemic-era-56416/

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