UPDATE 1-S&P wants to split up $5 billion U.S. ratings lawsuit
March 26, 2014 at 18:19 PM EDT
March 26 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's asked a federal judge to split up the U.S. government's $5 billion civil fraud lawsuit accusing it of lying about its credit ratings, saying it would be unfair to have to defend against a case of such "unmanageable scope" all at once.