VW Asks Top Court to Bar Prosecutors’ Use of Raid Material

By Karin Matussek, Bloomberg News

Volkswagen AG asked Germany’s highest court to issue an interim order blocking Munich prosecutors from using material seized during a raid of the offices of its law firm, Jones Day.

VW filed for the emergency ruling and has said it will also file a constitutional complaint, the tribunal’s spokesman Michael Allmendinger said Tuesday. The carmaker is seeking a temporary ban of the use of the documents while it appeals a lower-court ruling that denied the request.

“The Munich Regional Court’s decision in no way gives a reason to budge from our legal position,” VW said ...