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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9065664" data-attributes="member: 7808">(IANAL)As an interesting side note, the corporate veil has already been pierced in the case of NuTSR vs WotC.  WotC named NuTSR, the DHSM, and Justin Lanasa personally in their counterclaim.  Lanasa has not challenged that, and I believe to formal period to contest it has already passed in that case.  So, Justin is already in a bit of a spot of trouble to start with, as they can likely go after his personal assets (i.e. real estate) when asking for legal costs.In theory, the veil could still work in the opposite direction to partially protect Lanasa's businesses if he goes down personally.  There are other people who claim to be "owners" of Hardwire Tattoo (although we don't know the formal structure), and we don't know a lot of details about how the vape shops or Museum of the Bizarre are managed.  Separating Lanasa's personal finances from those businesses will be really important to ensure they don't end up on the chopping block when/if Lanasa goes down financially.Also, it's purely speculation on my part, but I believe that the main reason Lanasa wants Ernie Gygax and Jeff Leason to keep saying that they're "partners" in the DHSM is because he thinks WotC will leave the DHSM out of the legal battle to avoid the impression of fighting a Gygax or original TSR employees in court.</blockquote>