State Law Determines Alter Ego Liability for Federal Tax Liens

Posted on February 9th, 2011 by Abby Gloucester

Recently, in Old West Annuity and Life Ins. Co. v. Apollo Group,[1] the Eleventh Circuit held state law determined whether a court could pierce the corporate veil under an alter ego theory even though a federal tax lien was at issue.[2] In reaching its holding, the Eleventh Circuit had to decide whether the need for a [...]