Judge Won’t Compel Production Of Privileged Materials In GM Ignition Switch MDL

Mealey's (December 1, 2015, 2:33 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The plaintiffs in the ignition switch defects multidistrict litigation against General Motors LLC (New GM) saw their motion to compel documents from the automaker and its attorneys under the crime-fraud exception to the attorney client privilege denied Nov. 25 by a New York federal judge, who found that the plaintiffs “fail[ed] to show that the documents at issue . . . were made with the intent to further” any “crime” or “fraud” (In Re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation, No. 1:14-md-02543, S.D. N.Y.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159721)....