Litigation risk still looms large over VW, with a U.K class action suit and the EC calls for punishment A second settlement agreed by Volkswagen with authorities may have helped the brand to put the Diesel Gate drama behind it in the U.S. but the German carmaker is not out of the woods yet when it comes to litigation. Harcus Sinclair, working with the U.K’s Slater & Gordon, has launched a class action lawsuit against the automotive firm in London.