{"id":6688,"date":"2024-09-05T14:32:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2024-09-05T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:32:23","slug":"legal-intelligencer-going-it-alone-can-whistleblowers-seek-corporate-veil-piercing-in-declined-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-going-it-alone-can-whistleblowers-seek-corporate-veil-piercing-in-declined-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: Going It Alone: Can Whistleblowers Seek Corporate Veil-Piercing in Declined Cases?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As an initial matter, the government\u2019s refusal to intervene in an FCA action does not strip a relator of his Article III standing in bringing an FCA action when the relator does not suffer an injury in fact. Qui tam actions present a \u201cwell-established exception\u201d to the traditional Article III analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the August 30, 2024 Edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/\">The Legal Intelligencer<\/a>, Edward Kang writes, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2024\/08\/30\/going-it-alone-can-whistleblowers-seek-corporate-veil-piercing-in-declined-cases\/\">Going It Alone: Can Whistleblowers Seek Corporate Veil-Piercing in Declined Cases?<\/a>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-going-it-alone-can-whistleblowers-seek-corporate-veil-piercing-in-declined-cases\/#more-6688\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an initial matter, the government\u2019s refusal to intervene in an FCA action does not strip a relator of his Article III standing in bringing an FCA action when the relator does not suffer an injury in fact. 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