Liability of corporate groups and networks

"What happens when a corporate subsidiary or network company is unable to pay personal injury victims in full? This book sets out to tackle the 'insolvent entity problem', especially as it arises in cases of mass wrongdoing such as those involving asbestos exposure and defective pharm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witting, Christian A
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
Series:International corporate law and financial market regulation
Subjects:
Tort liability of corporations.
Corporation law.
Corporate veil.
LAW / Corporate.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. Business Context: 2. The formation of corporate groups and networks; 3. Structuring of corporate group relations; 4. Insolvent entity case studies; Part II. Theory: 5. Conceptions of group and network liability; Part III. Statute: 6. General protections for creditors; 7. Group-specific protections for creditors; 8. Statutory torts; 9. Modified limited liability; Part IV. Common Law: 10. Veil-piercing; 11. Direct liability in tort; 12. Vicarious and joint liability in tort; 13. Conclusions.

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