Whistleblower says VW deleted data.

• Position: E-DISCOVERY - Volkswagen - Brief article

According to a lawsuit filed by a former employee, Volkswagen workers illegally deleted electronic data soon after the U.S. government accused the carmaker in September 2015 of cheating on emissions tests.

The lawsuit filed in Michigan accuses Volkswagen of violating the state's whistle-blower protection act in the wrongful dismissal of information manager Daniel Donovan in December. Donovan says he was fired because his superiors believed he planned to report the company to U.S. authorities for obstruction of justice, according to The New York Times.

Volkswagen of America said in a statement that the claim of wrongful dismissal was "without merit" and that the dismissal was unrelated to the emissions issue.

According to Donovan's lawsuit, his superiors told him on September 18 to instruct the chief information officer...