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PEOPLE v. McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC.

No. A140922.

228 Cal.App.4th 1382 (2014)

176 Cal. Rptr. 3d 496

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

August 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morrison & Foerster, Melvin R. Goldman , Ryan G. Hassanein , Nicholas Napolitan ; Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Floyd Abrams , Adam Zurofsky , Jason M. Hall and Peter J. Linken for Defendants and Appellants.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Martin Goyette , Assistant Attorney General, and Fredrick W. Acker , Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

RICHMAN, J. —

The People, by and through the Attorney General, brought this action against McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC (defendants) for statutory violations arising out of defendants' alleged business practice of inflating their credit ratings of various structured finance securities. The complaint alleged four causes of action, including two for violations of California's False...

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