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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
BEFORE THE HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER
IN RE: VOLKSWAGEN "CLEAN DIESEL"
MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND
PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiffs:
BY:
For Plaintiff
U.S. DOJ:
BY:
For Plaintiff
State of California:
BY:
APPEARANCES:
(CONTINUED)
For Plaintiff
State of California:
BY:
For Plaintiff
FTC:
BY:
For Defendant
Volkswagen:
BY:
For Defendant
Porsche:
BY:
For Defendant
Bosch:
BY:
ALSO PRESENT:
JOE RICE
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee
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11:01 A.M.
P R O C E E D I N G S
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THE COURT:
Okay.
THE CLERK:
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your appearances.
MS. CABRASER:
Elizabeth
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Steering Committee.
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THE COURT:
Good morning.
Welcome back to
San Francisco.
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MS. CABRASER:
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THE COURT:
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Thank you.
It's Josh
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THE COURT:
Good morning.
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MR. COHEN:
This is
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Commission.
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MS. FIORENTINI:
This is
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(Brief pause.)
Sorry.
THE COURT:
Did
THE CLERK:
THE COURT:
No.
THE CLERK:
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the telephone?
(No response.)
MS. DAWSON:
This is Cari
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Porsche defendants.
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MR. SLATER:
Good morning.
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(Brief pause.)
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THE COURT:
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MS. CABRASER:
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THE COURT:
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MS. CABRASER:
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THE COURT:
Right.
-- right now.
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MS. CABRASER:
minute.
line.
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Okay.
THE COURT:
number?
THE CLERK:
No.
THE COURT:
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MS. CABRASER:
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Okay.
THE COURT:
MR. GIUFFRA:
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THE COURT:
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(Brief pause.)
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Your Honor?
Yes.
Oh, it's Robert Giuffra and Sharon
We apologize.
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telephonic conference.
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THE COURT:
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the call.
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in court.
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I -- I have
So, I apologize.
Yeah.
No need to apologize.
Welcome to
that, I'll invite any party that wishes to address the Court on
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office.
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vehicles.
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who leased these vehicles can also cancel their leases and
Debra L. Pas, CSR, RPR, RMR, CRR
Official Reporter - U.S. District Court - San Francisco
(415) 431-1477
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And, of course, it
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and CARB do not approve the fix for Generation II models, the
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If the EPA
and the lessees the option to cancel and return the vehicles to
Volkswagen.
If a modification is
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These documents
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for January 18th, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific time for the
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MR. GIUFFRA:
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family.
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From my
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terminations.
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portal.
200,000 customers.
those offers.
$2 billion.
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the Court.
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stripped of parts.
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And, in fact,
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THE COURT:
I think -- I
say the average car or at least the class of cars without the
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Because we're
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as they were being driven on the road, and that's -- and not to
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MR. GIUFFRA:
We
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THE COURT:
Certainly.
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necessary.
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there have been some bumps in the road and we want the Court to
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But
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THE COURT:
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Thank you.
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Okay.
MS. CABRASER:
Elizabeth
This is a very
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ambitious program.
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members.
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actively in the program and they have been very patient and
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members.
and we appreciate the patience and good faith that they and
This is something
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been made.
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process.
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It's an iterative
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work with class members, when they raise issues with us, to
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the consumers the benefit of that doubt so that every car had a
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spirit of settlement.
And that
And it is a
the defendants and the class members, being fair and reasonable
all around.
Thank you.
THE COURT:
the lawyers for all the parties have put into this, especially
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details and the details are important and they are important to
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Lawyers have
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families.
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And they have sort of taken all of that, put it to the side,
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litigation.
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And none
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Mueller, and the people who work with him at Wilmer Hale.
So
given.
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We are in recess.
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MR. GIUFFRA:
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MS. CABRASER:
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(Proceedings adjourned.)
Thank you.
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Debra L. Pas, CSR, RPR, RMR, CRR
Official Reporter - U.S. District Court - San Francisco
(415) 431-1477
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Debra L. Pas, CSR 11916, CRR, RMR, RPR
Thursday, December 21, 2016