Lawyers

• First trial starts in General Motors ignition switch recall case

  The first of six planned civil trials has started in NYC federal court aimed at testing legal boundaries of claims against GM over faulty ignition switch linked to hundreds injuries and deaths.

• GM, law firm can keep ignition switch documents secret: U.S. judge

  General Motors Co (GM.N) and its law firm need not turn over privileged documents to drivers hoping to show that the automaker intended to commit a crime or fraud by concealing defective ignition switches in their vehicles, a Manhattan federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

• GM to pay $900 million, settle U.S. criminal case over ignition switches

  General Motors Co (GM.N) has agreed to pay $900 million and sign a deferred-prosecution agreement to end a U.S. government investigation into its handling of an ignition-switch defect linked to 124 deaths, two sources told Reuters.

• GM is shielded from some ignition-switch suits, ruling finds

  General Motors Co will not have to face dozens of lawsuits accusing it of concealing an ignition-switch defect that led to the recall of 2.6 million vehicles, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled on Wednesday.

• GM gets 33 more claims for faulty ignition switch compensation

  General Motors Co (GM.N) received another 33 claims for compensation for ignition switch defects in its cars in the past week, bringing the total to 4,345, according to the administrator of the company's compensation program.

• Deaths linked to defective GM switch expected to rise: fund official

  The number of eligible claims for deaths and injuries linked to the defective General Motors Co (GM.N) ignition switch that led to the recall of 2.6 million older cars should rise, an official responsible for administering the victim compensation fund said on Monday.

• GM does not have to turn over notes to ignition-flaw plaintiffs: judge

  A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to let plaintiffs’ lawyers suing General Motors Co (GM.N) access notes from lawyers the company hired to prepare an internal report on the automaker's decade-long mishandling of a deadly ignition-switch flaw.

• U.S. judge orders discovery to begin in some GM ignition switch cases

  A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday ordered discovery to begin for some cases filed against General Motors Co (GM.N) in connection with its recall of millions of cars for a faulty ignition switch.