April 16, 2024
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday threw out an attempt to unravel an $80 million deal resolving consolidated consumer litigation alleging Volkswagen and Porsche manipulated emissions and fuel-economy tests for nearly 500,000 gas-powered vehicles, saying the objector has already cashed his portion of the settlement.
November 02, 2023
Volkswagen and Porsche told the Ninth Circuit this week that an objecting plaintiff cannot unravel an $80 million settlement in a consolidated consumer litigation that alleged the automakers manipulated emissions and fuel-economy tests for nearly 500,000 gas-powered Porsche vehicles to make them seem more environmentally friendly than they actually were.
June 23, 2023
A California federal judge Thursday threw out two counties' claims seeking additional penalties related to Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, rejecting the counties' argument that vehicle software updates separately violated their local anti-tampering laws.
June 21, 2023
A California federal judge has rejected all but one attorney fee request by consumers who opted out of Volkswagen's $10 billion settlement in multidistrict litigation over its diesel emissions cheats, slashing the sole winning plaintiff's "grossly inflated and unreasonable" fee bid and saying he's "troubled" by counsel's and experts' "lavish spendings."
April 25, 2023
Volkswagen urged a California federal judge Monday to reject an attorney fees request from 10 consumers who faced the automaker in a 2020 bellwether trial over its "clean diesel" emissions scandal, saying the five law firms involved recovered a minuscule fraction of the $580 million they sought on behalf of the consumers.
April 21, 2023
A California federal judge hearing arguments Friday on Volkswagen's bid to toss two counties' claims seeking additional penalties related to the automaker's emissions-cheating scandal appeared skeptical that vehicle software updates separately violated their local anti-tampering laws, questioning the logic of one lawyer's position and telling the other, "You lose me."
October 21, 2022
A California federal judge said Friday he will approve Volkswagen and Porsche's $80 million deal and class counsel's $24 million fee award to end consumers' claims they manipulated emissions and fuel-economy tests for nearly 500,000 gas-powered Porsche vehicles, despite objections the deal includes vehicles that weren't damaged.
August 16, 2022
A California federal judge rejected a Utah county's request to have the Utah Supreme Court clarify whether Volkswagen should still face claims that it violated local anti-tampering law by updating vehicles rigged with emissions-cheating defeat devices.
July 18, 2022
A California federal judge has narrowed the scope of discovery and key claims in long-running litigation from two counties suing Volkswagen for software updates made to vehicles that were already sold to consumers and outfitted with emissions-cheating defeat devices.
June 29, 2022
A California federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval to Volkswagen and Porsche's $80 million agreement to settle consumers' claims that the automakers manipulated emissions and fuel-economy tests for nearly 500,000 gas-powered Porsche vehicles, even as lead counsel for the class acknowledged that the fuel economy inaccuracies were "quite minimal."