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In re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

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Case Number:

1:14-md-02543

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Other Fraud

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Jesse M. Furman

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  1. October 28, 2015

    GM Fights Push For King & Spalding Ignition Defect Work

    GM on Tuesday took another swing at consumers in multidistrict litigation over ignition switch defects who claim that it conspired with King & Spalding LLP to cover up the problem with quick settlements, saying they can't compel the firm to produce large swaths of internal work.

  2. October 16, 2015

    Firms Stand By Suggestion GM Broke $900M Prosecution Deal

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Hilliard Munoz Gonzales LLP defended their recent letter to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara alleging GM possibly violated its $900 million deal with prosecutors, saying Friday the letter was not misleading and GM's actions forced them to send it.

  3. October 06, 2015

    GM Retracts Dismissal Bid In Ignition Switch MDL

    General Motors LLC withdrew on Monday a motion to dismiss one of several lawsuits that have remained since GM settled a criminal probe into faulty ignition switches, after an opposing counsel claimed the motion may contradict the automaker's official account in the deal.

  4. September 22, 2015

    GM Wants NHTSA Settlement Kept Out Of Ignition Trials

    General Motors Co. told a New York federal court Monday to block plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over faulty ignition switches from introducing a related $35 million consent order with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as evidence at upcoming trials, calling it "irrelevant" to the plaintiffs' claims that the automaker concealed the defect.

  5. September 17, 2015

    GM Pays DOJ $900M, Takes $575M Charge In Civil Deals

    General Motors Co. on Thursday announced a $900 million criminal settlement ending the government's investigation into faulty ignition switches and also resolved more than half of all death and personal injury lawsuits in the ongoing multidistrict litigation and a shareholder class action in two civil settlements that will result in a $575 million charge in the third quarter.

  6. September 08, 2015

    GM, King & Spalding Say No Proof They Covered Up Defect

    General Motors LLC and King & Spalding LLP on Friday struck back at multidistrict litigation plaintiffs who alleged the two conspired to conceal an ignition switch defect affecting millions of vehicles by quickly settling claims in order to avoid a recall, telling a New York federal judge the accusations "defy logic."

  7. August 18, 2015

    King & Spalding Docs Sought In Alleged GM Defect Cover-Up

    Plaintiffs in multdistrict litigation have urged a New York federal judge to force King & Spalding LLP to turn over communications with General Motors LLC that allegedly show the law firm and auto giant conspired to hide a deadly ignition defect, saying crime-fraud and ethical violations defeat their attorney-client privilege.

  8. August 07, 2015

    GM Files To Dismiss Ignition Switch Plaintiffs Over Discovery

    General Motors LLC pushed to dismiss more than three dozen plaintiffs from suits over faulty ignition switches on Friday, in a motion in New York federal court claiming they missed discovery deadlines.

  9. July 30, 2015

    GM, Plaintiffs Spar Over Jenner & Block Chair's Deposition

    General Motors Co. and plaintiffs in the ignition switch multidistrict litigation in New York federal court fought Thursday over the upcoming deposition of Jenner & Block LLP chairman Anton Valukas, with plaintiffs arguing that GM's desired restrictions to their questioning would reduce the session to a "useless two-hour exercise."

  10. July 28, 2015

    GM Ignition Switch Plaintiffs Urge Judge To Limit Claims

    Co-lead counsel representing plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over defective ignition switches in General Motors Co. vehicles urged a California federal judge on Monday to stand firm in his decision to dismiss claims from several plaintiffs pursuing property damage claims against the automaker.