February 04, 2020
Ten consumers gearing up to face Volkswagen in an upcoming bellwether trial over its "clean diesel" emissions scandal cannot assert California-based consumer warranty claims, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, narrowing the potential damages the consumers might collect from the German automaker.
January 28, 2020
Consumers gearing up to face Volkswagen in an upcoming bellwether trial urged a California federal judge Monday to allow former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh to testify as their damages expert, rejecting the German automaker's claims that Freeh has confidential information concerning its "clean diesel" emissions litigation.
January 22, 2020
Volkswagen AG can ask the Ninth Circuit to consider hearing its appeal of a ruling preserving claims that it tricked investors into buying overpriced bonds by hiding its emissions defeat devices, a California judge ruled Wednesday.
January 17, 2020
Jurors on an upcoming bellwether trial for Volkswagen owners who opted out of a $10 billion settlement in multidistrict litigation over the automaker's "clean diesel" emissions scandal will hear that Volkswagen admitted to committing fraud, a California federal judge said during a status conference Friday.
January 15, 2020
Volkswagen has told a California federal judge that former FBI director Louis J. Freeh cannot testify on behalf of plaintiffs in an upcoming bellwether trial because Freeh previously received confidential information when he was angling to represent Volkswagen in mounting litigation tied to its "clean diesel" emissions scandal.
December 06, 2019
Franchised Volkswagen dealerships cannot collect damages from Bosch, the auto parts maker they've accused of masterminding the emissions-cheating devices in Volkswagen's "clean diesel" vehicles, after a California federal judge ruled Friday that they couldn't prove they were deprived of a future revenue stream from yet-to-be-manufactured vehicles.
November 04, 2019
A California federal judge on Monday dismissed some of the claims Volkswagen is facing from drivers who sold their diesel vehicles before an emissions-cheating scandal broke, but left the rest of their suit intact.
October 30, 2019
Volkswagen AG asked a California federal judge Wednesday to rethink a ruling that preserved claims that it tricked investors into buying overpriced bonds by hiding its emissions defeat devices, arguing the court was wrong to apply a too-narrow theory of reliance in its decision making.
October 28, 2019
Franchised Volkswagen dealerships have told a California federal judge they're entitled to damages from Bosch, the auto parts maker they've accused of masterminding the emissions-cheating devices in Volkswagen's "clean diesel" vehicles, which were unsellable and yanked from the U.S. market after the 2015 scandal.
October 21, 2019
Franchised Volkswagen dealerships have defended their bid to certify a California class action accusing auto parts maker Bosch of spearheading the development of the emissions-cheating devices in Volkswagen's "clean diesel" vehicles, saying they were uniformly deprived of future sales and profits after the 2015 scandal broke.