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Corporate Counsel

Volkswagen Emissions Cheating Scandal: Another Compliance 1.0 Train Wreck

In less than a week, the VW "defeat software" scandal has battered the reputation of “German engineering”—a brand synonymous with performance and reliability that the German auto industry has guarded closely for decades. So what went wrong here?
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Vensko v. Encompass Home and Auto Ins. Co., PICS Case No. 15-1452 (Pa. Super. Sept. 11, 2015) (memorandum) Musmanno, J. (18 pages).

By | September 29, 2015
Plaintiff's claim was not typical of proposed class members where alleged deception by insurance company of legality of purchased policies pursuant to case law did not apply to plaintiff. Order of the trial court affirmed.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Saga Continues: Ex-Judge Watson's Ethics Case Heads Back to Florida Bar for Disciplinary Action

Bounced from the Broward circuit bench by the Florida Supreme Court, Laura Watson now faces Florida Bar disciplinary action that could result in the suspension or loss of her law license.
2 minute read

Law.com

Guess Who's Asking for a Criminal Probe of Volkswagen? The Automaker Itself

Volkswagen AG and its U.S. general counsel, David Geanacopoulos, are not opposing a criminal investigation into its emission scandal. In fact, the German-based automaker is filing its own criminal complaint with German prosecutors.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Auto Regulator Proposes That Confidential Safety Info Be Made Public

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this week proposed that plaintiffs lawyers be allowed to share safety defect information—such as the fatal flaw in General Motors Co.’s ignition switches—with the agency when settling civil suits against automakers.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Herbie Can Save VW's Compliance Program

While VW moves to recall and address the issues with the millions of cars on the road, it should begin to map out its compliance failure and build potential enhancements into their program.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

In-House Counsel Profile: Mitsubishi Electric U.S. Inc.'s Perry Pappous

Pappous arrives at the office most days about 8 in the morning and leaves around 6:30 in the evening. "I always take my PC with me," he said, "for 10-12 hours a day wherever I am."
3 minute read

Law.com

GM Pact Doesn't Mean Its Legal Woes Are in the Rearview Mirror

General Motors Co. unloaded a truckload of legal problems by agreeing to pay $900 million in criminal penalties and $575 million in civil settlements related to an ignition switch defect that led to more than 100 deaths. But critics were quick to say the penalties are not enough.
6 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Fisker Litigation Given Green Light But Is Trimmed by Federal Judge

Shareholders were not time-barred from bringing lawsuits more than a year after the financial struggles of a hybrid automaker were widely reported in the media, a federal judge for the District of Delaware has ordered.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Hear Police Officers' Insurance Fraud Arguments

Arguments before the state Supreme Court in a case involving two injured police officers claiming they were the victims of an insurance fraud scheme focused on the requirements for waiving uninsured and underinsured motorist policies for a commercial fleet vehicle.
4 minute read

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