VW Doesn’t Have to Face $750 Million U.S. Suit by Supplier (1)

Volkswagen AG doesn’t have to face a $750 million U.S. lawsuit by a unit of parts supplier Prevent Group that alleged the carmaker sought to strangle its business over a pricing dispute.

U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman on Monday threw out a 2019 antitrust suit filed by Prevent USA Corp. accusing VW -- then the world’s largest carmaker -- of launching a corporate dirty-tricks campaign to interfere with its acquisitions, cut it off as a supplier and make an example of the Bosnia-based firm.

The case was among more than a half-dozen suits the two companies have filed against each ...