United States of America v. McGraw-Hill Companies Inc et al

  1. February 03, 2015

    S&P, DOJ Ink Landmark $1.38B Settlement Over Rosy Ratings

    Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC on Tuesday agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle lawsuits brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and 20 attorneys general over the rosy ratings it assigned to large securities that turned toxic and exacerbated the financial crisis.

  2. January 27, 2015

    Feds' $5B Suit Against S&P Gets September Trial Date

    A California federal judge on Tuesday set a late-September trial date for the federal government's $5 billion suit against Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC over inflated mortgage-backed securities ratings, saying the trial could last as long as four months.

  3. September 09, 2014

    Geithner Must Turn Over Unredacted S&P Docs To Judge

    A California federal judge on Tuesday ordered  ex-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the U.S.government to give him unredacted copies of documents that Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC claims may show the government's $5 billion suit over inflated residential mortgage-backed securities ratings was brought in retaliation for downgrading the government's credit rating.

  4. August 25, 2014

    US Argues Documents Sought By S&P Don't Back $5B Suit

    The federal government urged a California federal judge on Monday to deny Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC's bid for full production of documents related to its position that the U.S. brought a $5 billion suit over inflated mortgage-backed securities ratings in retaliation, saying none of the sought-after materials support that contention.

  5. August 13, 2014

    S&P Says Geithner, DOJ Skirting Doc Production Orders

    Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC on Tuesday urged a California federal judge to force the U.S. government and former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to fully produce documents S&P claims will support its position that the $5 billion government suit over inflated residential mortgage-backed securities ratings was brought in retaliation.

  6. July 29, 2014

    S&P Slams NCUA Over Discovery In DOJ's $5B MBS Fraud Suit

    Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC on Tuesday told a California federal judge the National Credit Union Administration is withholding documents it has subpoenaed for its defense of the federal government's $5 billion suit alleging it knowingly inflated ratings on residential mortgage-backed securities.

  7. May 14, 2014

    Geithner Can't Dodge S&P Subpoena In US Fraud Suit

    Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner must turn over documents related to Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC's claim that the federal government sued S&P for fraud in retaliation for its 2011 downgrade of the government's credit rating, a California federal judge ordered Tuesday.

  8. May 01, 2014

    BakerHostetler Atty Unfit As Special Master In $5B Suit: S&P

    Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC told a California federal judge Monday that it objected to a former federal prosecutor serving as a special master to resolve discovery disputes in its $5 billion fraud case against the U.S. Department of Justice.

  9. April 15, 2014

    S&P Can't Split $5B Fraud Trial, But Wins Access To US Docs

    A California federal judge on Tuesday denied Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC's request to split a $5 billion mortgage bond fraud case into multiple trials, but ordered U.S. civil prosecutors to turn over a trove of key documents that could aid the credit rating agency's defense.

  10. March 03, 2014

    US Says S&P Can't Prove Fraud Case Was Retaliation

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday denied allegations that it filed a fraud suit against Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC in retaliation for the firm's decision to downgrade the U.S. government's credit rating, saying discovery on the issue amounted to a "fishing expedition."