Attorneys for Volkswagen are telling a judge the firm can\u2019t be found guilty of consumer fraud and fined potentially hundreds of millions of dollars because its now-disproved claims of the cleanliness of the diesel vehicles it was selling were just promotional \u201cpuffery.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
In new court filings here, the legal team is acknowledging that Volkswagen had designed and sold vehicles under the VW, Audi and Porsche labels with \u201cdefeat devices,\u2019\u2019 essentially allowing its cars to emit more pollutants of oxides of nitrogen during actual on-road driving than show up when they are actually being tested. And the emissions were many times higher than federal standards.<\/p>\n VW eventually pleaded guilty to three felonies, including defrauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and agreed to $4.3 billion in penalties and another $4.9 billion to address pollution from the supposedly low-emission diesel vehicles. And Arizona is getting $57 million for projects to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen.<\/p>\n In essence, VW contends that when the firm said it was promoting \u201cclean diesel\u2019\u2019 that phrase really has no legal meaning. More to the point, VW\u2019s legal team says the consumers were not led to believe that the statements actually meant VW was making specific environmental claims concerning its nitrogen oxide emissions.<\/p>\n \u201cSimply put, \u2018clean diesel\u2019 is legal puffery under Arizona law,\u2019\u2019 the legal briefs argue. And that, the lawyers said, means there was no violation of the state\u2019s Consumer Fraud Act.<\/p>\n Read full article and learn more about Puffery and Deceptive Advertising here.<\/a><\/p>\n By now it should be clear how important it is for you to be FTC compliant. But how can you do that without spending $7,500-$8,000 or more on Internet Attorneys?<\/p>\n Smart business owners around the world are doing it with the help of FTC Guardian.<\/p>\n FTC Guardian is a service that is 100% focused on helping to keep you get and stay FTC compliant and fully protected.\u00a0And right now, we are offering a free training to give you the knowledge, information, and guidance that you need to stay out of trouble with the Federal Trade Commission.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/images\/button_banner-Data_Broker.png\")
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