Category: Consumer Fraud
Regulators Reject VW Proposal to Repair Diesel Engines
January 14, 2016 — The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has rejected Volkswagen's plan to recall and fix diesel vehicles that contain illegal software designed to cheat emissions testing. Volkswagen is considering installing new SCR catalytic converters on thousands of...
VW Emissions Fraud MDL Created in California
December 9, 2015 — The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has centralized over 500 lawsuits involving illegal emissions software in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under Judge Charles R. Breyer. The case is...
VW Offers $1,000 “Goodwill Package” After Emissions Scandal
December 8, 2015 — Volkswagen of America has offered $1,000 to owners of 500,000 cars sold between 2009-2015 with illegal software designed to cheat on emissions tests. The "fine print" of the agreement includes an arbitration clause, which some lawyers...
Judges Consider Centralizing VW Emissions Lawsuits in MDL
December 2, 2015 — Volkswagen (VW) and the Justice Department are asking federal judges to centralize more than 350 lawsuits involving illegal emissions-cheating software in one federal court in Michigan. Lawyers for VW want the cases to be heard by...
Texas False Lab Test Lawyer
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that inaccurate, unreliable laboratory tests are harming patients when they are over-treated or under-treated for serious diseases like cancer. Overview Every year, between 7 billion and 10 billion laboratory tests are...
FDA Warns Inaccurate Lab Tests Harming Patients
November 23, 2015 — The FDA has concluded that unreliable laboratory tests are harming patients and the agency has asked Congress for increased oversight, according to the New York Times. The FDA reviews tests used in multiple hospitals, labs, or...
VW Finds 800K More Cars Have Emissions Software
November 4, 2015 — Volkswagen (VW) said an internal investigation headed by Jones Day has discovered problems with emissions in 800,000 more cars. VW said "unexplained inconsistencies" were discovered in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Most of the engines are diesels,...
VW to Recall 8.5 Million TDI Diesel Cars in Europe
October 15, 2015 — Germany's automobile regulator ordered Volkswagen (VW) to recall 2.4 million vehicles with diesel engines carrying illegal software that cheats emissions tests. Of the estimated 11 million cars outfitted with the software, 2.8 million are in Germany....
Texas State and City Officials File VW Emissions Lawsuits
October 9, 2015 — Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton has slapped Volkswagen (VW) with two lawsuits for violating consumer protection and clean-air laws by selling cars that cheat emissions tests. The first lawsuit (PDF) accuses VW of deceiving consumers...
VW Recalling Diesel Cars in Europe in January
October 7, 2015 — Volkswagen (VW) has announced it will launch a massive recall of diesel-powered cars in Europe by January 2016, with the goal of repairing all cars with the EA 189 engine by the end of the year....