VW, Kirkland Face DOJ Push For Individual Prosecutions

By Sindhu Sundar (October 1, 2015, 10:19 PM EDT) -- Kirkland & Ellis LLP faces the formidable task of defending Volkswagen after the company admitted to using software blatantly designed to trick emissions tests, and experts say the attorneys' job here is more delicate as this is perhaps the first major corporate scandal since the U.S. Department of Justice signaled its desire to prosecute individual company executives....

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