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Lawsuits Dec 9, 2016

Minnesota AG Files New Volkswagen Emissions Lawsuit

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has filed a new lawsuit against Volkswagen relating to the “clean diesel” emissions scandal affecting some VW, Audi and Porsche models. According to the lawsuit, filed in Hennepin County District Court, Volkswagen sold or leased more than 11,500 tampered vehicles in Minnesota that emitted smog-producing nitrogen oxide at levels up …

Class-Actions Nov 28, 2016

Lawsuit Claims Electricity Company’s Deception Cost Maine Consumers $35M

A new class-action lawsuit claims that an electric company deceived Maine consumers and shorted them of $35 million. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland Nov. 18 claims that Electricity Maine used fraud and deception to enroll 200,000 Maine households and small businesses with the promise of substantial cost savings. But attorney Benjamin Donahue says after a …