Credit ratings

Organizations

• S&P Global RatingsUnited States. 4 claims, 2 cases.

Claims

• Supported1
• Partly supported1
• Outdated1
• Unresolved1

• Supported93
  The SEC said in September 2024 that S&P Global Ratings agreed to pay a US$20 million penalty for failures to keep electronic communications and admitted the facts in its order.
  S&P Global RatingsRegulator statement, 3 September 20242 records citedDisclosure
• Partly supported83
  A senior Justice Department official said in February 2015 that S&P had admitted facts that make clear its own unlawful role in the financial crisis.
  S&P Global RatingsRegulator statement, 3 February 20154 records citedFraud
• Outdated82
  Lawyers for S&P argued in 2013 that the Justice Department suit was retaliation for the August 2011 downgrade of the United States credit rating.
  S&P Global RatingsPress report, 4 September 20132 records citedCorporate status
• Unresolved63
  S&P said in February 2013 that the Justice Department suit was without factual or legal merit, and it had argued in investor cases that its ratings were opinions protected as free speech.
  S&P Global RatingsCompany statement, 6 February 20133 records citedFraud