General Motors Co. won a partial victory in its second trial over faulty ignition switches as a judge threw out a key fraud claim against the automaker.
The Oklahoma mail carrier at the center of the first trial over General Motors Co.s deadly ignition-switch defect is dropping his claims after he and his wife were accused of lying in court.
T-Mobile and the U.S. unit of credit-tracking firm Experian Plc are facing a growing list of lawsuits after hackers gained access to personal data on 15 million T-Mobile customers.
GM is facing hundreds of personal-injury and wrongful-death claims over the deadly flawed ignition switches, as well as suits by car owners seeking as much as $10 billion for the lost value of their vehicles.
A Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. unit was accused by a lawyer representing Hurricane Sandy victims of using a falsified damage report to dodge paying homeowner claims, the second insurer blamed in the last month for such a practice.
Lyft Inc., which said it planned to begin operations today in New York City, was sued by New York officials who claim its flouting licensing laws.
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