Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. has turned to the lawyer behind Volkswagen’s $14.7 billion settlement to defend claims that it used similar “defeat devices” to cheat U.S. emission regulations.

Robert Giuffra Jr. of Sullivan & Cromwell on Tuesday submitted a motion to appear in San Francisco federal court as counsel for Fiat Chrysler in a suit filed earlier this month. The complaint accuses Fiat Chrysler of installing software made by German engineering firm Bosch that masked excess emissions of nitrous oxide. Bosch also designed the software tied to VW’s emissions scandal.

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