Like biological parents, the parent company has a lot of control and a lot of influence over its subsidiary company (or companies – a large company can have many subsidiaries).

The difference between a subsidiary and a sister company lies in their relationship to the parent company and each other. By definition, parent companies own one or more separate corporations ...

Understand the primary differences between a subsidiary company and a wholly-owned subsidiary and their relationship to the parent company.

What drives some subsidiaries to strive for so much autonomy that they are actually harming the parent company? A new study shows that these dysfunctional business relationships can be understood ...

When a parent/subsidiary relationship becomes too interdependent, courts can hold the parent company liable for its subsidiary’s tortious conduct.

As stated in the FCPA Guidance, the formal relationship between the parent and the subsidiary is an important starting point in the analysis but the SEC and DOJ claims they will look at the ...

The good news and the bad news about the newest Stark Law advisory opinion issue under the Stark Law by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) (Opinion No. CMS-AO-2021-01 issued ...

While the parent company ultimately controls the subsidiary's decisions, it is important to start from a place of mutual understanding, respect and acknowledgment of each other’s interests.

A parent company can be liable for tortiously interfering with the performance of a wholly owned subsidiary, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled. As a result, the court ordered a real estate ...

However, in this case, Furnco International Corporation, the parent company, authorized its subsidiary, [Floorco], ... nor do they create any attorney-client relationship.

A foreign parent company can be held jointly liable for employment claims against its U.S. subsidiary, a federal district court has held. Middlebrooks v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 17 ...

The parent company and subsidiary relationship is that the parent owns 51 percent or more of the subsidiary, giving the parent company control. Usually, ...