A Small Firm For VW's Big Problems
To defend itself in the biggest court battle in company history, Volkswagen A.G. has gone small.
November 29, 2015 at 07:00 PM
5 minute read
To defend itself in the biggest court battle in company history, Volkswagen A.G. has gone small.
Herzfeld & Rubin, Volkswagen's choice for lead counsel to handle more than 400 class actions filed over the emissions scandal, is a 66-lawyer New York law firm — tiny compared with the bulwarks Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Co. hired in litigation over recent safety recalls: Chicago's Kirkland & Ellis, with 1,576 lawyers, and Atlanta's Alston & Bird, with 759 lawyers.
But Volkswagen's move is not surprising given Herzfeld & Rubin's long history representing the automaker, say lawyers who know the firm.
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