• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t that the point of limited liability corporations? To move profits into private pockets while keeping liabilities in the corporation?

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      1 year ago

      That’s not what they did tho. They did this instead … and lower courts said no.

      J&J is among four major companies that have filed so-called Texas two-step bankruptcies to avoid potentially massive lawsuit exposure. The tactic involves creating a subsidiary to absorb the liabilities and to immediately file for Chapter 11.

      source here