VW Wins Bid to Toss $750 Million Auto Parts Monopoly Suit (1)

Volkswagen AG defeated a $750 million antitrust suit alleging the German carmaker maintains a stranglehold over suppliers of its automotive component parts.

Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Thursday adopted a magistrate judge’s report that recommended granting VW’s motion to dismiss a case brought by supplier group Prevent USA Corp. because the claims would have been better brought in Germany.

The ruling hands another win to VW against claims by Prevent. In 2021, a federal judge threw out an antitrust suit filed in Michigan by Prevent that accused the carmaker of ...