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Litigation

Apr. 22, 2016

VW reaches tentative deal with to settle car pollution suit

Volkswagen AG has reached an "agreement in principle" with the federal government, California authorities, and class action consumers on a plan that could see the German auto giant buy back nearly 500,000 illegally polluting cars.

By Tim O'Connor
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Volkswagen AG has reached an "agreement in principle" with the federal government, California authorities, and class action consumers on a plan that could see the German auto giant buy back nearly 500,000 illegally polluting cars.

The agreement -- with some details still under wraps and others still to be hammered out -- was announced by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer during a status hearing Thursday morning on the ca...

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