Defendant Name:
General Motors Company
Defendant Type:
Public Company
Document Reference:
LR-20861
Document Details
Legal Case Name
SEC v. General Motors Corporation
Document Name
SEC Charges General Motors With Disclosure and Other Violations Related to Its Pension Plans and Its Accounting for Derivatives and Other Contracts
Document Date
22-Jan-2009
Document Format
Civil Proceeding
Case Number
09-cv-00119
Federal District Court
District of Columbia, District of Columbia
AAER
3033
Allegation Type
Issuer Reporting and Disclosure
Document Summary
The SEC stated that: "[It] filed settled charges against General Motors Corporation (GM) relating to its disclosures concerning two pension accounting estimates, and its projected cash contributions to its pension plans, as well as errors in its accounting for derivatives and various other transactions. According to the SEC's complaint, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, GM violated the issuer reporting, books-and-records, and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws."
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