NU Online News Service, June 8, 2:36 p.m. EDT

Credit rating agency A.M. Best Co. has filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against competitor SNL Financial, NU has learned.

The suit filed in U.S. District Court in New Jersey alleges SNL “is displaying on its website a significant number of A.M. Best’s copyrighted ratings and written information slavishly copied from A.M. Best’s copyrighted press releases.”

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