S&P pledges to defend itself against Justice Department lawsuit
Standard & Poor's pledged to ``vigorously defend'' itself against a US Department of Justice civil lawsuit in a statement on Tuesday, saying that emails and anecdotes cited by the agency do not prove wrongdoing.
The Justice Department sued BP and eight other companies on Dec. 15 in the Gulf oil spill disaster in an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore spill in US history.AP