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Civil Litigation,
Judges and Judiciary

Jul. 28, 2015

Basic issues in business litigation

Earn credit learning about common issues in business litigation, such as piercing the veil, sealing records and respondeat superior liability.

Curtis E.A. Karnow

Judge (ret.)
San Francisco County Superior Court

Judge Karnow is author of "Litigation in Practice" (2017) and current co-author of Weil & Brown et al., "California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial" (Rutter).

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The objective of this article and self-study test is to familiarize readers with basic issues that often arise in business litigation. Readers will learn about vicarious liability/respondeat superior, piercing the corporate veil and alter ego liability, sealing records, the requirement that corporations be represented by counsel, the qualification of domestic (that is, California) corporations, taking depositions of persons most knowledgeable or q...

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