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Litigation

Feb. 9, 2013

S&P hires Keker & Van Nest LLP to help defend against federal charges

A financial products rating agency targeted by federal prosecutors has called on prominent San Francisco-based attorneys John W. Keker and Elliot R. Peters for help.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A financial products rating agency targeted by federal prosecutors has called on prominent San Francisco-based attorneys John W. Keker and Elliot R. Peters for help.


The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California, seeks $5 billion from the McGraw Hill Companies Inc.'s Standard & Poors unit for allegedly inflating ratings on risky mortgage investments. California, as well as a han...

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