Ever suspected your boss or a coworker is someone entirely different outside of their nine-to-five? If they are indeed masquerading as somebody else when they’re around their colleagues, they might ...

Alter egos abound in fiction because they allow endless opportunities for narrative building and character growth, giving room to explore the duality of human nature—or, on a more functional level, to ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Kobe Bryant had the Black Mamba, Beyonce has Sasha Fierce, and Eminem has Slim Shady. As silly as it may seem, there is real power in ...

What is an “alter ego?” The phrase is Latin, translating to “second I,” “another I,” or “other self.” In the federal tax context, the alter ego doctrine comes into play where the IRS believes that one ...

My career has been… unconventional. It started with an Economics and Statistical Analysis degree at Liverpool John Moores University, playing blues at the Cavern Club (where the Beatles famously ...

David Perez, Aaron Ver and Jake Dean of Perkins Coie write that when it comes to establishing or piercing the corporate veil, it's best to be a storyteller rather than a box-checker. Few things are as ...

Alter ego liability is again the flavor of the day. (See here for a list of all prior “alter ego” related posts.) As previously covered, the alter ego doctrine allows a court to disregard a corporate ...