Esmark, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio, Intervenor

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• detailing other instances in which parent companies have been held liable for the misconduct of their subsidiaries under the “direct participation” theory
• detailing other instances in which parent companies have been held liable for the misconduct of their subsidiaries under the \direct participation\ theory
• requiring that the parent “exercise[] direct control over a specific transaction”
• detailing other instances in which parent companies have been held liable for the misconduct of their subsidiaries under the \direct participation\ theory
• applying veil-piercing principles to determine whether parent could be held liable for labor law violations of subsidiary
• “A parent corporation, by virtue of its ownership interest, may direct a subsidiary’s actions, and the subsidiary will have no choice but to obey. A parent corporation may disregard the subsidiary’s independence at its whim”

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