‘Reverse Veil Piercing’ Leads To Jurisdiction Finding In Arbitration Dispute

Mealey's (February 23, 2020, 8:39 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in California on Feb. 6 denied a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by a corporate defendant in an arbitral dispute, holding that the plaintiff made a prima facie showing of an alter-ego relationship between the corporate defendant and its director — who is also a defendant and has not contested the court’s jurisdiction — through “reverse veil piercing” (Pacer Construction Holdings Corporation v. Richard Pelletier, et al., No. 19-1263, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20445)....