Which is a problem of the legal system around it.
Within most(or all) EU countries this would count as a continuation of business and all previous liabilities (e.g. employees contracts, customers contracts, etc.) would need to be honored.
Why it is done this way? To prevent people from doing exact that.
w3dd1e@lemm.ee 1 month ago
How many people start companies, rack up a bunch of debt, then create another company that buys everything except the debt?
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
NOW you’re getting it.
deltapi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is the exact reason GM still exists.