Spanish Court Orders VW to Pay $20M to Buyers in Diesel Cheating Case January 26, 2021 A Spanish court has ordered German carmaker Volkswagen to pay 16.3 million euros ($19.8 million) in compensation to people in...
Bosch to Pay $550K to West Virginia for Role in Emissions Scandal July 6, 2020 West Virginia has received a $550,000 payment from a German firm related to a car emissions-rigging scandal, state Attorney General...
SEC Sues VW, Ex-CEO over Diesel Emissions Scandal, Alleging Massive Investor Fraud March 15, 2019 By David Shepardson and Edward Taylor The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Volkswagen (VW) and its former chief executive Martin Winterkorn over the...
Germany Moves Toward U.S.-Style Class-Actions, Benefiting VW Diesel Car Litigants June 15, 2018 By Birgit Jennen and Karin Matussek Germany will allow interest groups to sue on behalf of consumers, taking a tentative step toward U.S.-style class-action lawsuits in...
More than 50,000 British Drivers Initiate ‘Dieselgate’ Suit Against VW March 27, 2018 By Kirstin Ridley Lawyers for more than 50,000 British car owners kicked off a lawsuit against Volkswagen in London’s High Court on Tuesday...
Kobe Steel Can Expect Spate of Lawsuits for Its 10 Years of False Data October 12, 2017 By Christie Smythe and Margaret Cronin Fisk Kobe Steel Ltd.’s legal problems are just beginning in wake of the company’s disclosure that it falsified data for years...
Daimler Recalls More Than 3 Million Mercedes-Benz Diesel Vehicles July 20, 2017 By Elisabeth Behrmann Daimler AG moved to head off a growing crisis over emissions concerns by voluntarily recalling more than 3 million Mercedes-Benz...
Volkswagen Agrees to $4.3 Billion U.S. Settlement Over Emissions Fraud January 11, 2017 By David Shepardson and Andreas Cremer Volkswagen AG confirmed on Tuesday it has negotiated a $4.3 billion draft settlement with U.S. regulators to resolve its diesel...
$14.7B VW Diesel Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval July 27, 2016 By David Shepardson Volkswagen AG’s $14.7 billion settlement of its U.S. diesel emissions cheating scandal cleared another legal hurdle on Tuesday, as a...
Kentucky Sues Volkswagen Over Diesel Emissions Cheating March 24, 2016 By David Shepardson Kentucky sued Volkswagen AG and its luxury units on Tuesday claiming the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scheme violated the...