Volkswagen

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IN RE VOLKSWAGEN “CLEAN DIESEL” No. 20-15564

MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, D.C. No. 3:15-md-02672-

CRB

PUERTO RICO GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYEES AND JUDICIARY

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ORDER

ADMINISTRATION,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

VOLKSWAGEN AG; VOLKSWAGEN

GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.;

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA

FINANCE LLC; MICHAEL HORN;

MARTIN WINTERKORN,

Defendants-Appellants.

Filed September 23, 2021

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and JANE A. RESTANI, * Judge.

* The Honorable Jane A. Restani, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. IN RE VOLKSWAGEN LITIGATION

COUNSEL

Robert J. Giuffra Jr. (argued), Sharon L. Nelles, Suhana S. Han, William H. Wagener, and Elizabeth N. Olsen, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, New York; David H. Dickieson, Schertler & Onorato LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gregory P. Joseph, Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC, New York, New York; for Defendants-Appellants.

Ian D. Berg (argued) and Takeo A.…