Mercedes-Benz USA Boss Fights Firing For Ethical Violations

The lawyer representing fired Mercedes-Benz USA boss Ernst Lieb says his client misused no company funds and will continue to fight his October dismissal in a German court.

Lieb's lawyer, Stefan Naegele, said he plans to show that the 56-year-old executive was one of dozens of Mercedes executives who has been fired unfairly as part of parent Daimler AG's wide-reaching "zero tolerance" crackdown on ethics violations. The crackdown came after last year's court settlement of Daimler's global bribery scandal.

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