December 18, 2020
Appellate courts handed down mixed rulings this year on whether gig-economy drivers are exempt from arbitration, and California courts issued decisions narrowing the scope of the federal government's preemption of certain regulations for airline and trucking workers. Here’s a look at some of the biggest rulings that impacted the transportation sector in 2020.
September 03, 2020
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday granted Volkswagen's request to hold off on allowing two counties to restart litigation claiming the automaker's use of emissions-cheating devices violated anti-tampering laws, as Volkswagen prepares to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the preemptive scope of the Clean Air Act.
August 31, 2020
Volkswagen asked the Ninth Circuit to hold off on allowing two counties to restart litigation claiming the automaker's use of emissions-cheating devices violated anti-tampering laws, saying it wants the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve conflicting rulings on the preemptive scope of the Clean Air Act.
August 24, 2020
The Ninth Circuit won't revisit its decision reviving lawsuits accusing Volkswagen Group of violating two counties' anti-tampering laws by utilizing "defeat devices" that altered emissions software in diesel vehicles after they were sold, a three-judge panel determined Monday.
August 11, 2020
The U.S. auto industry's largest trade group and the Chamber of Commerce told the Ninth Circuit that allowing state and local governments to regulate post-sale updates to vehicles would create a hopelessly unmanageable patchwork of regulation that would throw the automotive industry into chaos.
July 31, 2020
Volkswagen told the Ninth Circuit that auto manufacturers would have to contend with regulatory chaos and billions in pile-on penalties if the court allows two counties to sue Volkswagen for anti-tampering law violations based on post-sale updates to its vehicles' emissions controls.
June 01, 2020
The Ninth Circuit told Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and other automakers Monday that they must face claims by two counties over the post-sale modification of "defeat devices" intended to fool emissions testing, saying the Clean Air Act only preempts the counties' claims over new vehicles.
February 21, 2020
Volkswagen is slated to face off Tuesday in a bellwether damages trial with drivers who opted out of a $10 billion settlement the German automotive giant struck over its "clean diesel" emissions scandal, marking the first U.S. trial for the carmaker since it admitted to fraud in 2015. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at the case ahead of trial.
August 23, 2019
The Ninth Circuit has asked the federal government to weigh in on whether the Clean Air Act keeps state and local authorities from going after Volkswagen, affiliates Audi of America LLC and Porsche Cars North America Inc., and auto parts maker Robert Bosch LLC for allegedly tampering with vehicle emission controls.
December 14, 2018
Two car manufacturing groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have backed up Volkswagen AG, its affiliates Audi of America LLC and Porsche Cars North America Inc., and auto parts maker Robert Bosch LLC in the Ninth Circuit, urging the court to affirm the dismissal of claims by Florida and Utah counties in sprawling multidistrict litigation over emissions.