John owes kathleen $5,000. in january, kathleen assigns her right to collect the money to jennifer. in march, kathleen assigns her right to collect the money to maxwell. maxwell notifies john of the assignment and requests all payments to be made to him. under the american rule (new york rule), who has the legal right to the money?

The stock of grommet corporation, a u.s. company, is publicly traded, with no single shareholder owning more than 5 percent of its outstanding stock. grommet owns 95 percent of the outstanding stock of staple inc., also a u.s. company. staple owns 100 percent of the outstanding stock of clip corporation, a canadian company. grommet and clip each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of fastener inc., a u.s. company. grommet and staple each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of binder corporation, a u.s. company. which of these corporations form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?