Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn may never see the inside of a courtroom in the United States in connection with the company’s diesel emissions scandal. But his legal troubles are far from over.
Read moreJust as interested in lawnmower engines as they are in Volkswagen diesels, federal regulators reached a $2.85 million settlement Tuesday under the Clean Air Act with Swedish company Husqvarna AB and its U.S. affiliate.
Read more
U.S. and California regulators have approved a fix for 38,000 emissions-cheating Volkswagen vehicles that will save the German automaker more than $1 billion in potential fines under a settlement approved last May.
Read more
Shares in French carmaker PSA Group fell sharply Friday after a report said as many as 1.9 million Peugeot and Citroen cars may have engines designed to trick diesel emissions tests.
Read more
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a second shareholder class action against Volkswagen, finding its failure to warn investors about its use of emissions-cheating software in 11 million vehicles was “misleading.”
Read moreA federal judge on Friday appeared unwilling to let Volkswagen off the hook for failing to warn investors that it was skirting environmental laws, even as it touted its commitment to developing emissions-reducing technology.
Read moreThe independent monitor overseeing Volkswagen’s efforts to prevent a repeat of its diesel emissions scandal said Tuesday that his “initial impression” is that the company is making a serious effort to change its ways.
Read moreThe U.S. government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some diesel pickup trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests.
Read more
Volkswagen’s board chairman has defended the decision not to publish results of the investigation it commissioned into its scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests, saying it could expose the company to legal risks.
Read moreA federal judge Monday rejected 244 motions for attorneys’ fees and costs from non-class counsel in the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal, for failing to show their work benefited the class, but said they may try to enforce their claims with individual clients.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday ordered Volkswagen to pay $2.8 billion in criminal penalties after the automaker admitted last month to illegally calibrating diesel engines so they could get around U.S. pollution rules.
Read moreA federal judge Wednesday cut more than $25 million from attorneys’ fees in a $1.2 billion settlement between Volkswagen and its U.S. dealerships.
Read moreIn the latest fallout over its diesel-gate scandal, Volkswagen on Thursday agreed to pay $157 million to 10 states for installing emissions test-cheating software in some 570,000 vehicles nationwide.
Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday tentatively approved a deal worth at least $1.2 billion to settle claims over 78,000 three-liter diesel-engine Volkswagens, Audis and Porches that were designed to cheat emissions tests.
Read moreVolkswagen’s diesel scandal took a rancorous turn Wednesday when the board of directors denied news reports that former chairman Ferdinand Piech had given four members early warning about the U.S. probe into emissions cheating.
Read more
Volkswagen has agreed to pay at least $1.2 billion in buybacks and compensation to settle claims from U.S. owners of cars with larger diesel engines that the company rigged to cheat on emissions tests.
Read moreA Volkswagen AG executive indicted in the company’s U.S. emissions scandal who was arrested in Miami while on vacation was denied release on bail Thursday by a judge who found it was too likely he would flee home to Germany.
Read moreSix Volkswagen executives will face criminal charges in the automaker’s emissions cheating scandal, and the company will plead guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice – paying $4.3 billion in penalties, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.
Read moreThe imminent criminal plea deal between Volkswagen and U.S. prosecutors in an emissions-cheating scandal could be bad news for one group of people: VW employees who had a role in the deceit or subsequent cover-up.
Read more