UK Court Refuses Permission to Appeal in Diesel Emissions Lawsuits Against Carmakers October 9, 2026 London’s High Court on Thursday refused claimants permission to appeal against its July decision which broadly found in favor of...
Volkswagen Loses Top Court Case Over Diesel Deal With Ex-CEO September 30, 2025 By Karin Matussek Volkswagen AG lost an appeals case in Germany’s highest civil court over the shareholders’ approval of a settlement with former...
Carmakers Face UK ‘Dieselgate’ Lawsuits Worth at Least $7.6B, Lawyers Say June 12, 2024 By Sam Tobin Some of the world’s biggest carmakers are facing 1.5 million lawsuits in Britain for allegedly cheating emissions tests that could...
Volkswagen Reaches $54 Million ‘Dieselgate’ Settlement With Italian Owners May 17, 2024 Volkswagen and a group representing car owners in Italy have reached an agreement worth more than 50 million euros ($54...
Former VW Chief Tells Court He Didn’t Deceive Investors Over Dieselgate February 14, 2024 Former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn told a German court on Wednesday he did not deceive investors over the carmaker’s...
Former VW Executives Ordered to Testify in Investor Lawsuit July 11, 2023 By Karin Matussek A German court will call former Volkswagen AG executives as witnesses in a €9 billion ($9.8 billion) investor lawsuit over...
Porsche SE Wins Crucial Ruling in Stuttgart Investor Class-Action Lawsuit March 31, 2023 By Karin Matussek Porsche Automobil Holding SE won a crucial ruling in a €900 million ($976 million) class-action style lawsuit from investors who...
VW Investors Approve $339M Deal to Settle Diesel-Scandal Claims Against Former Execs July 23, 2021 FRANKFURT – Shareholders in Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen on Thursday approved a deal to settle claims against four former executives,...
VW to Appeal Italy Court Decision Ordering $236M Payment in Dieselgate Class Action July 8, 2021 Volkswagen said on Thursday it would appeal against a decision by an Italian court ordering the German group to refund...
Volkswagen’s D&O Liability Insurers Agree to Pay €270M of Diesel Emissions Payout June 10, 2021 By Christoph Steitz, Jan Schwartz and Thomas Escritt FRANKFURT — Volkswagen said on Wednesday it had agreed to settle claims against four former executives, including long-time CEO Martin...