House Tees Up VW Bailout and Other Attacks on Public Protections, Consumer...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016Ed MierzwinskiUPDATE: Today, the House approved on a 211-198 vote (narrowly, as these things go) HR 1927, the so-called Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act (aka VW...
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For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 19, 2016Mike LittWashington, D.C.— Four leading consumer, environmental, and public health organizations wrote an openletter in advance of the April 21st deadline...
View ArticleLeading Groups Send Criteria for Evaluating VW Settlement
Consumer ProtectionMake VW Pay Seeking Compensation for Consumers and Environment Dear Judge Breyer, Attorney General Lynch, Administrator McCarthy, Chair Nichols, and President Woebcken: We, the...
View ArticleFramework for VW Settlement Announced
For Immediate Release Thursday, April 21, 2016Mike LittStatement by Mike Litt, Consumer Program Advocate at U.S. PIRG Education Fund, on todays announced VW settlement.“Seven months after news of...
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Some states are spending funds from VW 'Dieselgate' settlement on diesel
News BriefsTuesday, June 4, 2019When it comes to clean transportation, most U.S. states are underutilizing funds from Volkswagen’s nearly $3 billion settlement with federal authorities for violating...
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