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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Volkswagen emissions

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit remanded a punitive damages calculation involving “emissions defeat devices” installed in certain Volkswagen and Audi vehicles, finding the lower court was wrong to set the maximum punitive damages at four times the compensatory damages award.

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