On October 24, 2024, the First Department issued a decision in Zhong Lun Law Firm LLC v. Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2024 NY Slip Op. 05300, holding that a veil piercing claim failed for lack of allegations of how the alleged abuse of the corporate form was used to harm the plaintiff, explaining:
Although plaintiff pleaded certain hallmarks of an intermingled identity between the firm and ZL New York, such as a shared trade name and shared office systems, the amended complaint lacks allegations as to how this purported abuse of the corporate form was used to perpetrate a wrong against plaintiff, which is fatal to its claim.
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