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Both Sides Cry Foul in a Jurisdictional Dispute Over Volkswagen’s Emissions-Cheating Scandal

Call this the June 24 mystery, the day ostensibly that final orders with opinions are issued in cases argued in the court’s term that ends in August.

Two of those cases were State of Texas v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (“public limited company”) and Texas v. Audi Aktiengesellschaft, involving VW and Audi’s special appearances contesting personal jurisdiction in the so-called emissions-cheating cases.

Osler McCarthy

Osler McCarthy is an editor-at-large for The Texas Lawbook.

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