Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey

Generally speaking, each business should be its own corporate entity and having a parent company could be problematic.

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To paraphrase H.L. Mencken, � For every question, there is an answer that is simple, neat and wrong. --- Clearly, you raised several good question which cannot be adequately addressed in an email exchange. That being said, I concur with Roman... I normally advise against using "parent" entities in situations such as the one you mentioned. I invite you to call me to discuss the details of your plans.

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While I generally agree with the other authors, here is my suggestion. Each business should be separate, only because of possible liability exposures. I suggest using a LLC for each. Thus, assets of one business are separate from other businesses and protected from a possible liability claim against one business. Each LLC can be owned by a trust, as the master owner. There are many reasons to use a trust as the common owner; too many to list here.