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Caterpillar Reaches Class-Action Settlement Over Alleged Engine Defects, ACERT Owners to Get Payments

Anyone who had six or more CRS-related repairs done to a Caterpillar ACERT engine is eligible for $10,000. A settlement has been reached in the class-action lawsuit that alleged Caterpillar’s 2007-2010 year model ACERT C13 and C15 engines were defective, driving up costs for owners and driving down resale value. Cat’s ACERT engines were introduced as the company’s alternative to exhaust-gas …


Unhappy Ford Customers Asked to Sign Confidentiality Agreements Before Trading in Their Cars

Ford is being accused of misleading and deceptive conduct in a class-action lawsuit. Picture: AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz TRADING in your car usually doesn’t involve signing a confidentiality agreement, but that’s what Ford has asked some of its customers to do before agreeing to purchase their allegedly dodgy second-hand cars. A class action involving thousands of disgruntled Ford customers …


Kentuckians Will Get $100 Million From Volkswagen Settlement

Kentuckians who bought Volkswagen’s “clean diesel” cars will receive restitution, and the state will get millions to offset pollution. The details of the settlement were announced Tuesday. Dozens of class action lawsuits were filed last year after the German car company admitted it had rigged many of its vehicles to cheat emissions tests.


Yahoo Urges Judge to Throw Out Robo-Texting Class-Action

Earlier this year, federal judge in Illinois ruled that Yahoo must face a class-action lawsuit for allegedly sending unsolicited SMS messages to some Sprint customers. Yahoo is now asking U.S. District Court Judge Manish Shah to rethink that ruling in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in a lawsuit brought by a consumer against the online data broker Spokeo. The battle centers on a …


Understanding the VW Emissions Settlement: What Local Consumers Need to Know

Tennessee residents who own Volkswagen vehicles affected by the company’s emissions scandal have a few options for compensation. “Consumers have choices in this settlement—this is our theme,” said Elizabeth Cabraser, court-appointed lead counsel and chair of the committee that negotiated the settlement on behalf of class members. “It’s the choices of the drivers that will shape and give …


Texas Gets $50 Million in Massive Volkswagen Settlement

Volkswagen has agreed to pay Texas $50 million in connection with the German automaker’s admitted peddling of diesel vehicles rigged to surpass emissions limits, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday. The partial settlement is part of a larger, multi-billion dollar agreement unveiled Tuesday that awards hundreds of millions of dollars to dozens of states and includes a $10 billion buy- …


Volkswagen Goes Silent on Fraud in Canada. Owners Left With Lemons.

Waqes Mubarik found out he was one of the unlucky ones in 2015 when the Volkswagen scandal broke out. His 2015 Passant diesel was equipped with one of the so-called defeat devices designed to cheat on emissions tests. “I’ve been a loyal customer to Volkswagen for years,” the physician’s assistant said on the phone from Barrie, Ontario.



How to Get Your $10,000 From Volkswagen

Volkswagen has reached an agreement in one of the largest class-action settlements the United States has ever seen. The hefty $14.7 billion sum is the result of the manufacturer settling with customers affected by its diesel emissions cheating scandal — which proved Volkswagen deliberately equipped roughly 475,000 diesel cars with software that bluffed emissions regulations for years, and …


SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Lundin Law PC Announces Investigation of Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (CIE) and Advises Investors With Losses to Contact the Firm

Lundin Law PC announces it is investigating claims against Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (“Cobalt” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CIE) concerning possible violations of federal securities laws. The investigation is related to allegations that certain statements issued by Cobalt were false and misleading and/or failed to disclose material information regarding the …