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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

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Section 1
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United States v. Southland Management Corp., 326 F.3d 669 (2002)
Effective Date
2002-05-22

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. This defense is inaptly named because it is not a statutory defense to FCA liability but a means by which the defendant can rebut the government's assertion of the "knowing” presentation of a false claim. Inevitably, the extent of the government's knowledge is also bound up with whether the claim itself was false. See Lamers, 168 F.3d at 1018.