Former Moody’s Worker Sues Rating Firm for Defamation
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Eric Kolchinsky, the former Moody’s Corp. analyst who criticized the company after allegedly being demoted and then suspended for complaining internally about its practices, sued the firm, its credit-ratings unit and chief executive officer for defamation.
The company has responded to criticism by Kolchinsky with false statements meant to “undercut his credibility and portray him as disgruntled, potentially unstable and unprofessional,” according to the complaint in a civil suit filed today in federal court in Manhattan.