Canadians should not expect the federal government to collect any cash from Volkswagen as a penalty for lying about emissions levels. In late June, the United States government announced a US$15.3-billion civil settlement with the German automaker that included US$2.7 billion for the public sector to spend on environmental mitigation efforts. Several diesel-powered VW models had so-called …
An ongoing class action lawsuit against the makers of the wildly popular health tracking device known as Fitbit alleges the heart rate monitor on several models is off by a noticeable amount.
Attorneys who paid scientists at California State Polytechnic University say their findings show …
“With my bill, we can protect the health and safety of fashion models, but we can have a societal impact to make sure that women and girls have a healthy body image.” The bill would require the commission to maintain a database of all models’ health certificates. This bill wouldn’t force models to maintain a certain body mass index; rather it would require state regulators to develop …
And now, for its most expensive act: Volkswagen might buy back some of the 575,000 cars affected by Dieselgate in the United States. Robert Giuffra, a lawyer defending Volkswagen against class-action suits, indicated during a court hearing at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco last week that if the German automaker is unable repair some of its diesel models in a timely manner, it might …