"It's time to pierce the corporate veil and go for the individual."

In determining whether or not the corporate veil may be pierced, the courts are required to use the laws of the corporation's home state.

It is important to note that not all of these factors need to be met in order for the court to pierce the corporate veil.

The doctrine of "piercing the corporate veil" is applied under those circumstances.

Such things can be used to pierce the corporate veil; it's up to a judge to determine that, though.

In the context of criminal cases the courts have identified at least three situations when the corporate veil can be pierced.

First of all, the Court decided that this was not a situation where they should "lift the corporate veil".

Some of the corporate veils are overseas, though, and we may never get it all.

What went on behind the corporate veil is, of course, unknown.

Therefore, the case could go forward to trial to determine if plaintiffs may pierce the corporate veil.