By: Lauren Gross
St. John’s Law Student
American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff
In Music Mix Mobile, LLC v. Newman (In re Stage Presence, Inc.), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held that the plaintiffs’ alter ego allegations were sufficient to withstand a defendant’s motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs, Music Mix Mobile, LLC, et al., alleged they were not paid by Stage Presence Incorporated (a chapter 11 debtor), One for Each Island Ltd. (“OFEI”) and three individual producers of the benefit program: Newman, Weiner, and Marquette for audio, editing, teleprompter, music mixing and other services they provided in connection with the Childhelp program. Among other theories of contract liability against defendants, the plaintiffs asserted that OFEI, Newman, Weiner, and Marquette should jointly share in the contract liabilities of Stage Presence on “alter ego” grounds.