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Litigation

Feb. 7, 2013

State lawsuit adds boost to other claims against credit rating agency

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris' lawsuit against the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.'s Standard & Poor's rating services unit could add firepower to a similar complaint by the California Public Employees Retirement System.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris' lawsuit against the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.'s Standard & Poor's rating services unit could add firepower to a similar complaint by the California Public Employees Retirement System.


The action Harris, a Democrat, filed in San Francisco Superior Court partly parallels a $5 billion suit against S&P filed Tuesday in the Central Dist...

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