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German Court Says Search of VW’s Law Firm Office Was Okay
The regional court in Munich has ruled that German prosecutors acted within the law when they raided the local offices of a law firm hired by Volkswagen AG to investigate the carmaker’s diesel emission cheating scandal.
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The regional court in Munich has ruled that German prosecutors acted within the law when they raided the local offices of a law firm hired by Volkswagen AG to investigate the carmaker’s diesel emission cheating scandal.
In March, prosecutors from Munich searched the offices of U.S. law firm Jones Day as part of a sweep of several Audi and VW facilities. They reportedly were looking for evidence about who may have helped deploy software that was used to evade emission tests in Audi-developed 3.0-liter V-6 diesels.
VW promptly filed a complaint, claiming that the raid violated German principles of the code of criminal procedure. The company vows to appeal to the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany’s highest court. VW wants to block prosecutors from retaining and assessing the material they seized.
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