Quinn Emanuel Joins VW Fight for Plaintiffs

When news of Volkswagen’s fraudulent emissions test first broke, the lawsuits, alleging consumer fraud, antitrust violations and securities fraud, followed in quick succession.

Most of the firms representing the consumers in the many suits already filed were familiar names in the plaintiffs’ bar.

But now litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has signed on to team up with Hagens Berman — on the plaintiffs’ side — in a case filed in federal court in Los Angeles against Volkswagen and its U.S. subsidiary.

While the firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in its corporate practice, it is so far the only ...