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Volkswagen will seek damages from former chief executive Martin Winterkorn and former Audi boss Rupert Stadler for what it claims are “breaches of duty of care” related to the diesel emissions cheating scandal. The car maker has decided to launch the action against the two following the conclusion …
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Law360, London (March 24, 2021, 3:48 PM GMT) — Car owners have sued Mercedes maker Daimler AG in London for allegedly misleading the market about excessive carbon emissions from its diesel cars, in what lawyers said was the first lawsuit filed against the automaker in the English courts. The …
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Law360, London (March 24, 2021, 3:48 PM GMT) — Car owners have sued Mercedes maker Daimler AG in London for allegedly misleading the market about excessive carbon emissions from its diesel cars, in what lawyers said was the first lawsuit filed against the automaker in the English courts. The …
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A law firm representing the UK owners of Mercedes-Benz cars has started formal legal action seeking compensation from the German carmaker for allegedly installing illegal emissions cheating devices on its diesel vehicles. Hagens Berman UK, an offshoot of a US law firm, filed particulars of the …
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Daimler AG, Mercedes-Benz parent, agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement in its diesel cheating case. The deal was approved by a federal judge today. A federal judge in Washington, D.C. gave final approval to a settlement that will cost Daimler AG $1.5 billion. The find comes for violating the Clean …
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Law360, London (March 10, 2021, 1:42 PM GMT) — Plaintiffs’ firm Hagens Berman said on Wednesday that it has secured funding to fuel a £1 billion ($1.4 billion) consumer group action against Daimler AG for allegedly misleading the market about excessive carbon emissions from its diesel cars. Hagens …
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On Monday, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice ruled that the auto manufacturer Audi is not immediately liable to pay compensation for its parent company’s role in rigging diesel emissions. Liability could shift to the Volkswagen subsidiary if it can be shown that bosses there knew that unauthorized …
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Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess petitioned to formally rejoin the U.N. group last November. More than five years after the start of the international “Dieselgate” scandal badly damaged Volkswagen’s reputation, the United Nations Global Compact agreed to reinstate the company as a participant in …
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The Mercedes emissions scandal continues to take the limelight after more of its “cleanest and most efficient” engines were found to have emissions cheating software. The car maker is one of the latest manufacturers to be plunged into the ‘dieselgate’ scandal after the German regulator discovered …
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What has Vauxhall done? Vauxhall is the latest car manufacturer to be caught up in the Dieselgate scandal after the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) found software designed to cheat emissions tests in certain Vauxhall diesel models. The regulator has ordered the carmaker to recall …
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