Pennsylvania ends jobless-claims system lawsuit against IBM
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is ending a lawsuit against IBM after suing the company four years ago and accusing it of failing to deliver on a contract to produce an updated system for processing unemployment compensation claims. The Department of Labor and Industry refused to reveal any terms Tuesday other than saying that IBM “acknowledged no liability or wrongdoing.” The department only filed a one-sentence discontinuance in court. The lawsuit said the technology giant was paid $170 million on a 2006 contract but had delivered a failed project by the time the state let the contract expire in 2013. IBM had said the state’s claims had no merit.