Mealey's (January 31, 2019, 11:55 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in two separate Jan. 22 opinions affirmed the denial of fees requested by nonclass counsel in a multidistrict litigation against Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and others, ruling that the attorneys failed to show that their work benefitted the class (In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation [Autoport, LLC] No. 17-16066, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 1995; In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation [Bishop, Heenan & Davis, et al.], Nos. 17-16020, 17-16065, 17-16067, 17-16068, 17-16082, 17-16083, 17-16089, 17-16092, 17-16099, 17-16123, 17-16124, 17-16130, 17-16132, 17-16156, 17-16158, 17-16172, 17-16180, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 1945)....