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Litigation

Apr. 24, 2013

S&P moves to toss government's ratings fraud suit

Defense attorneys for Standard & Poor's moved to dismiss the government's $5 billion civil suit Monday, claiming the case against the ratings giant and its parent company McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. did not state any viable claims.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Defense attorneys for Standard & Poor's moved to dismiss the government's $5 billion civil suit Monday, arguing the case against the ratings giant and its parent company, McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., failed to state a viable claim.


Federal prosecutors' suit alleges that S&P committed mail, wire and financial institution fraud by knowingly inflating its ratings of companies that held...

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