article_snippet.sent: On Thursday, Clarence Ditlow, the head of the Center for Auto Safety, called on the government to reopen the government investigation against Chrysler.
article_snippet.sent: NHTSA spokesman Gordon Trowbridge said late Thursday that the government agency monitors legal decisions and 'if new information emerges, we take new information into account and act appropriately.'
article_snippet.sent: Trial testimony showed that the compromise with safety regulators over the recall was worked out in a Chicago airport meeting between Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and ex-NHTSA Administrator David Strickland.
article_snippet.sent: Ditlow noted that Strickland now works for Venable, a law firm that has represented Chrysler.