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In re: Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:15-md-02672

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Other Fraud

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Charles R. Breyer

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  1. February 04, 2020

    Opt-Out Drivers' Claims Trimmed Ahead Of VW Bellwether

    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.

  2. January 28, 2020

    Drivers Rip VW Bid To DQ Former FBI Chief In Bellwether Trial

    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.

  3. January 22, 2020

    VW Can Ask 9th Circ. To Weigh Bondholder Fraud Suit

    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.

  4. January 17, 2020

    'Clean Diesel' Bellwether Jurors Will Learn VW Admitted Fraud

    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.

  5. January 15, 2020

    VW Aims To DQ Ex-FBI Chief From 'Clean Diesel' Bellwether

    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.

  6. December 06, 2019

    Bosch Escapes VW Dealers' 'Lost Profits' RICO Suit

    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.

  7. November 04, 2019

    VW Gets Part Of Pre-Scandal Car Sellers' Suit Dismissed

    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.

  8. October 30, 2019

    VW Asks For Redo Of Bondholder's Emissions Fraud Ruling

    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.

  9. October 28, 2019

    Bosch On The Hook For VW Dealers' Lost Profits, Court Told

    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.

  10. October 21, 2019

    Volkswagen Dealers Defend Cert. Bid In RICO Lost Profits Suit

    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.