9th Circ. Mulls VW Intervening In Fight For Jones Day Report
By Lauren Berg, Law360, Oct. 21, 2021
A Ninth Circuit judge questioned when a third party must intervene in a suit involving its interests, indicating during oral arguments Thursday that Volkswagen was timely in its bid for a say on whether the government should release an internal VW investigation conducted by Jones Day. During remote arguments for Volkswagen's appeal, U. S. Circuit Judge John B. Owens said Ninth Circuit precedent states that a third party doesn't have to intervene as soon as it becomes aware of a lawsuit involving its interests but can timely jump in when it knows its interests won't be adequately represented.
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