More on LLC's Personhood

A couple of recent cases, issued within a week of each other, touched on the subject of entity's personhood, seemingly from two opposite sides of the problem.

Verification on behalf of a dissolved or non-existent corporation

Can a non-existent or a dissolved corporation verify its discovery responses? Even if there is no human agent or officer left around? Court in a recent decision in Melendrez v. Los Angeles Sup. Ct. (In re: Special Electric Co.), 215 Cal.App.4th 1343 (2013), says "yes" and comes up with no less than three alternative solutions.

A lost fight over the lost script for LOST series - an Idea is as free as the air

On April 4, 2013, Second Appellate District issued an opinion in Spinner v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Case No. B239229, coming out, of course, from Los Angeles Superior Court. This is a case regarding a fight over the rights to LOST television series. In its "Facts" section, the court described the inception of the series in great detail, which in itself is an interesting story.