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No more ‘unadulterated waffle’ please: Court has gone awry with unconscionable conduct, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-04-05 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge who tossed a $650 million lawsuit by dealers against Mercedes-Benz has said he rejected a “value-laden” take by other judges on what amounts to unconscionable conduct, avoiding what he mockingly described as “putatively profound” propositions “dollied up in prettified prose”.

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Mercedes-Benz to cop penalty over Takata airbag recall
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-08-24 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mercedes-Benz will face a penalty in ACCC proceedings alleging the luxury car maker exposed consumers to serious injury or death by failing to comply with obligations under a compulsory recall of potentially deadly Takata airbags.

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Mercedes bullied car dealers, called them ‘baby piglets’, court told
Trials 2022-08-03 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Officials at the Mercedes-Benz Australia head office referred to car dealers as “baby piglets” in internal communications and threatened and bullied the retailers, a trial court has been told in a $650 million lawsuit over the car maker’s decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.

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Class action investigation targets Mercedes-Benz over recall
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-05-31 6:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Mercedes-Benz is facing a potential class action over a recall affecting over 17,000 vehicles installed with faulty brake boosters.

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Mercedes-Benz hits back at $650M lawsuit, says dealer agreements not ‘perpetual’
Franchises 2021-12-07 6:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

Mercedes-Benz has responded to a $650 million lawsuit by Australian dealers over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model, saying it had a “legitimate commercial interest” in making the change and denying that dealer agreements were “perpetual” in their terms.

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Mercedes-Benz hit with $650M lawsuit over dealer model change
Automotive 2021-10-19 5:04 pm By Miklos Bolza

German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz has been hit with a $650 million lawsuit by Australian dealers over the company’s decision to change to a fixed-price agency model.

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