Oct. 12, 2015
Criminal VW case may get messy
Can the government bring a criminal case against Volkswagen? Some say VW's conduct may not violate the Clean Air Act. By Davina Pujari and Christopher Jensen
Davina Pujari
Partner
WilmerHale LLP
Phone: (628) 235-1136
Email: davina.pujari@wilmerhale.com
Davina co-chairs the firm's Environment and Natural Resources Group and leads the Environmental Crimes and Investigations practice. She has more than 25 years of experience as a trial attorney in environmental and criminal law matters in both state and federal court.
The scope of the Volkswagen "defeat device" scandal is shocking. Volkswagen has admitted
to installing software in its diesel cars that disables emission control devices under
normal driving conditions while allowing the control devices to function normally
during emissions testing. Volkswagen installed these defeat devices on 11 million
cars worldwide - ...
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