A Federal Court judge presiding over the Australian "dieselgate'' class action against Volkswagen has ordered the company to name which board members and those in senior management knew that their diesel-engine cars were fitted with software designed to cheat on a test that measured exhaust emissions.
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A German court said Friday it had opened the way for shareholders to join a collective legal action against Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler for diesel cheating that mirrors one already brought against VW.
On Thursday, three ex-Credit Suisse Group AG bankers were arrested in London and face possible extradition to the U.S. on charges related to bribery of officials in Mozambique.
Lyon's archbishop, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin and five other figures are on trial on charges of failing to act against sexual abuse allegations targeting a priest in his diocese.
National Geographic Channel has pulled its long-running Neil deGrasse Tyson chat show "StarTalk" off the air, following allegations of sexual misconduct.
Volvo AB, the world's second-largest truckmaker, will set aside $780 million (7 billion kronor) to address a faulty emissions-control component that's worn out more quickly than expected.
The final rules, which implement a mandate from the Dodd-Frank Act, will require disclosure of practices or policies in full, or, alternatively, a summary of those practices or policies that includes a description of any categories of hedging transactions that are specifically permitted or disallowed.
It is not uncommon to make mistakes, especially if you're a car manufacturer, producing thousands of cars in a day. However, while some faults can be shrugged off as minor slip-ups other errors cause the company to recall the cars, sometimes in huge numbers, incurring massive financial losses in the process.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his chief lieutenants are offering contrition and defiance as they face allegations of sexual harassment that plagued his last presidential campaign and now threaten to derail a second White House bid before it begins.
The DOJ collected more than $2.5 billion in judgments and settlements related to healthcare fraud and false claims in 2018.
The Department of Justice obtained more than $2.8 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2018, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio and Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice's Civil Division announced today.
Do you drive a new Volkswagen Golf R, Audi A3, or Audi TT? Then you might want to watch out, because your car could be leaking fuel into the engine bay.
Kevin Spacey is facing a felony charge of sexual assault for allegedly assaulting a former Boston TV news anchor's teenage son in 2016, Variety has confirmed.
As investigators seek to determine the cause of the deadliest wildfire in California history, the culprit that fire officials have linked to more than a dozen fires that ravaged large swaths of Northern California last year is again in the hot seat.
For years, Facebook gave some of the world's largest technology companies more intrusive access to users' personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners from its usual privacy rules, according to internal records and interviews.
The Catholic Church in Illinois withheld the names of at least 500 priests accused of sexual abuse of minors, the state's attorney general said Wednesday in a scathing report that accused the church of failing victims by neglecting to investigate their allegations.
Attorneys in a class action suit against Harvey Weinstein say the former Hollywood mogul is improperly looking to mine the discovery process in Delaware federal court for information to discredit sexual assault claims against him in Manhattan federal court.
Panasonic Corp. violated accounting rules stemming from a scandal that cost the company more than $280 million, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday.
Volkswagen AG supplier IAV GmbH has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $35 million fine for its role in the German auto giant's emissions-cheating scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.
Les Moonves, the former boss of CBS, will not receive a $120m (£95m) severance package after an inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct.
