EU demands response from Italy on Fiat emissions allegations
The European Commission on Wednesday sent a letter asking for Italy's response to allegations that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group used illegal emissions control devices. The letter is the first step in infringement proceedings against...
Supreme Court declines to hear General Motors ignition-switch appeal
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by General Motors (GM) on its potential liability for ignition-switch defects. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had ruled ...
Japanese automobile parts manufacturer Takata pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud arising out of air bag defects that killed 16 people. Takata was sentenced to pay $1 billion in fines, victim compensation and...
General Motors complies with SEC order over accounting failures in defect case
General Motors (GM) on Wednesday agreed to pay $1 million to resolve a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) inquiry. The SEC accounting case is in regards to a faulty ignition switch linked to...
Japan Takata company pleads guilty, agrees to pay $1 billion fine for airbag defects
Japanese company Takata Corp. on Friday agreed to plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing charges and pay $1 billion as a result of a US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into airbag defects which caused the death...
EPA claims Fiat Chrysler failed to disclose engine software that increased pollutants
The US Environmental Protection Agency released a statement Thursday accusing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) of installing and failing to disclose engine software that lead to increased emission of nitrogen oxides in roughly 104,000 diesel-powered vehicles....
Federal jury finds GM faulty ignition switches not the cause of 2014 accident
A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday found that a defective ignition switch in a General Motors (GM) vehicle was not to blame for a 2014 accident. The jurors deliberated for less than a day...
JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act...All petitions to have a lower-court ruling reviewed by the US Supreme Court are long shots. Still, the recently-filed...
US regulators fine Takata up to $200 million for defective airbags
US regulators on Tuesday imposed a fine of up to $200 million on auto part manufacturer Takata for failing to disclose the defect of millions of their airbags to regulators in a timely manner. The National Highway...
GM reaches $900 million settlement of criminal charges over faulty ignition switches
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that General Motors (GM) has reached a deal to accept charges of wire fraud and a $900 million fine for allegedly concealing information about ignition-switch...
