Hmm.  I thought it was an ethical violation to threaten criminal action to bring about a civil settlement.  ‘‘During settlement negotiations, the Justice Department held out the threat of a criminal case against S.&P., the people said.’’

UPDATE:  Now this is interesting.  The part about criminal threats is now missing from the NY Times story, though the phrase still shows up in a search.^[1]  I wonder why it was removed?

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