California: Teacher retirement fund wins round in suit against credit rating firms

Spurning arguments that their lawsuit attacked free speech rights, a San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled that CalPERS could continue their legal battle against credit-rating firms, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.

The public pension system accused the firms of negligence in making careless investment ratings. -db

From the San Francisco Chronicle,  January 14, 2012, by Bob Egelko.

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