US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System sued former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. executives and underwriters alleging they hid Lehman's exposure to subprime loans when they sold the pension fund about $700m in bonds.
The retirement system known as Calpers said in a complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco today that the executives and about 34 investment banks made false statements in offering document...
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