Non-Shareholder of ‘Belly Up’ Bakery Can Be Personally Liable on Piercing Claim – IL Court Rules

I’ve seen no hard data to support this but it seems that piercing the corporate veil – as a concept – has seeped into the cultural lexicon and consciousness.  I say this because many people – lawyers and nonlawyers alike – appear to have at least a nodding acquaintance with piercing.  Over and over I hear some …

Creditor Rights In and To a Debtor’s Joint Bank Account – Part II

In re Kuhl, 2012 WL 5935101 (S.D.Ill. 2012) provides a recent synopsis of the rules governing creditor attempts to attach a debtor’s joint bank account.  In it, the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee sought turnover of the bankrupt debtor’s funds held in three separate joint accounts with her husband.  The debtor challenged the trustee’s turnover motion, claiming …