July 07, 2025
The Texas attorney general is urging a New York bankruptcy court to reject General Motors' bid to escape a data privacy suit being pressed by his office over the automaker's allegedly unlawful collection and sale of drivers' private information, arguing that the court lacks jurisdiction over the agency and that the claims aren't barred by prior bankruptcy proceedings.
June 06, 2025
General Motors asked a New York bankruptcy court to enforce a 2009 Chapter 11 sale order, saying a recently amended consumer data privacy complaint from the Texas attorney general effectively includes successor liability claims it didn't inherit.
April 17, 2020
A litigation trust formed in the wake of General Motors' bankruptcy is asking a New York bankruptcy judge to block a $120 million settlement a different GM trust has reached over defective ignition switch claims, saying the deal won't end the legal actions.
August 15, 2019
General Motors and drivers claiming economic damages over faulty ignition switches are set to make a big push to settle in coming weeks, counsel for the sides told the Manhattan federal judge handling the massive litigation on Thursday.
June 13, 2019
A group of lenders led by JPMorgan will pay $231 million to creditors of General Motors' predecessor to resolve claims stemming from a simple mistake made by a Mayer Brown paralegal years ago, in a deal approved Thursday by a New York bankruptcy court.
February 05, 2019
The trust for General Motors' unsecured creditors has submitted a new proposal to a New York bankruptcy court for a putative class action ignition switch defect settlement that could cost New GM $1 billion in stock.
October 30, 2018
An exonerated prisoner who sued General Motors and its bankruptcy estate for allegedly violating his civil rights by cooperating with his wrongful prosecution asked a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday to allow his suit to go forward, saying his claim post-dated GM's bankruptcy although the allegedly wrongful conduct happened decades before.
September 25, 2018
Purchasers of General Motors vehicles manufactured before the carmaker's 2009 bankruptcy, now seeking damages stemming from ignition-switch defects, must certify a class to pursue a proposed settlement that could cost the reorganized New GM $1 billion in new stock, a New York bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday.
August 09, 2018
A New York bankruptcy judge Thursday urged General Motors Co.'s bankruptcy trust and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA to pick up the pace following a bellwether ruling in 2017 intended to resolve a dispute over the nature and value of security interests in GM plants related to a $1.5 billion term loan.
June 13, 2018
General Motors LLC is questioning whether a proposed bankruptcy court settlement over legacy ignition switch lawsuits could possibly cover a proposed class of 11.4 million people and cost the carmaker $1 billion in new stock even though only a few hundred individuals have filed Chapter 11 claims.