Law360 Quotes Partner Christie Grymes Thompson on FTC Suit Against Volkswagen Emissions Ads

Partner Christie Grymes Thompson was featured in the Law360 article ​“FTC’s Suit Against VW Emissions Ads Faces Damages Hurdle.” The article covers the Federal Trade Commission’s claim that consumers suffered ​“billions” of dollars in injuries because of Volkswagen’s ​“clean diesel” advertisements. It also notes that attorneys are saying that the agency faces the subjective question of how much value drivers assigned to the cars’ supposed environmental friendliness. ​“A court would look to see what element of the overall purchase price the consumer might have associated with the reported environmental benefits,” said Ms. Thompson. ​“In this case, that conversation gets more complicated because the product had a wide range of performance characteristics, and as a car, it did get [the consumers] from point A to point B.”

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