Thursday 12 September 2019

Samsung in court for misleading phone water resistance advertisements


Samsung has been taken to court by the ACCC for allegedly falsely claiming that their Galaxy phones were water resistant. There is little doubt that if the ACCC are successful in establishing liability in this case they will be going for a huge penalty. Most likely the ACCC will make a play for the 10% of turnover penalty which could be a very big number, given that Samsung Australia generated an annual turnover of $2.67 billion in 2018. Could this be the first multi-million dollar penalty under the Australian Consumer Law?

https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/samsung-in-court-for-misleading-phone-water-resistance-advertisements

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