and sought to maintain its base in the country that was its single largest export market. The significance of the subsidiaries in Hattori’s “organizational life” was enormous because the export market accounted for 60% of Hattori’s production. The court explained: The subsidiaries do for the parent everything that the parent would have to do if it were here directly: if the New York subsidiaries did not advertise Hat-tori’s products ... Hattori would; if the New York subsidiaries did not provide service quality control centers, Hattori would, ... and if the subsidiaries did not develop the marketing techniques to penetrate and expand their share of the American market, Hattori would. Id. at 1344. See also Dorfman v. Marriott Int’l Hotels, Inc., 2002 WL 14363 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 3, 2002) (<HOLDING>). Courts hold that the relationship between a
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