False Claims Act: prevailing defendant: attorney's fees.

Existing law, the False Claims Act, provides that a person who commits any one of several enumerated acts relating to the submission to the state or a political subdivision of the state a false claim for money, property, or services, as specified, shall be liable to the state or political subdivision for certain damages and may be liable for a civil penalty. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General, a prosecuting authority of a political subdivision of the state, or a qui tam plaintiff to bring a civil action to enforce these provisions. Existing law authorizes a court to award a prevailing defendant its reasonable attorney's fees and expenses, as prescribed.