Press Articles
October 15, 2025
Trans.info: After years of setbacks, French hauliers finally beat the truck cartel
In a landmark win after years of frustration, French hauliers have finally beaten the truck cartel, with a Bordeaux court ordering Daimler to pay over €7,700 per affected vehicle.
October 16, 2025
Infonet: A landmark decision by the Bordeaux court for Mendiboure
The Bordeaux court orders Daimler to pay Mendiboure €221,000 in compensation, a first in a truck cartel case.
October 21, 2025
Échos Judiciaires Girondins: Bordeaux: Lex-Port law firm obtains major decision.
The Bordeaux-based law firm Lex-Port, a member of the Simon Avocats network, has secured an unprecedented ruling in the so-called ‘Truck Cartel’ case.
October 16, 2025
Trans.info: Après des années de revers, les transporteurs français battent enfin le cartel des camions
Dans une victoire historique après des années de frustration, les transporteurs français ont enfin battu le cartel des camions, un tribunal de Bordeaux ayant ordonné à Daimler de payer plus de 7 700 € par véhicule concerné.
October 24, 2025
France Routes: Truck cartel: ruling in favour of compensation for French hauliers
€7,900. This is the total compensation per Daimler lorry obtained by the law firm LEXT-PORT before the Bordeaux court to compensate hauliers who were victims of the lorry cartel. This court ruling could herald others.
October 15, 2025
Transporteurs.net: Truck cartel: a law firm has succeeded in securing compensation for hauliers in France
For the first time in France, victims of the truck cartel have been able to obtain compensation through legal proceedings before the Bordeaux Commercial Court. They will receive €7,900 in total compensation per eligible truck.
October 15, 2025
Routiers.com: Truck cartel: a law firm has succeeded in securing compensation for hauliers in France.
For the first time in France, victims of the ‘truck cartel’ case have obtained compensation through legal proceedings before the Bordeaux Commercial Court. They will receive total compensation of €7,900 per eligible truck.
October 31, 2025
Décideurs Juridiques: Truck cartel: Daimler ordered to pay damages
In 2016, several major truck manufacturers were fined €2.93 billion by the European Commission for violating competition law. Nine years later, truck buyers who were victims of the cartel have obtained compensation for the first time in French courts.
November 25, 2025
L'Officiel des Transporteurs: Truck cartel: first compensations awarded in France
The ruling handed down on October 3 by the Bordeaux Commercial Court is historic. In the case known as the “truck cartel,” it ordered manufacturer Daimler to pay €221,000 to the Basque company Mendiboure. For transport companies that have initiated compensation proceedings, this ruling could set a legal precedent.
October 16, 2025
Le Journal des Entreprises: Basque transportation company Mendiboure, first French company to receive compensation in European truck cartel scandal
In early October, the Bordeaux Commercial Court ordered German truck manufacturer Daimler to pay more than €220,000 to Basque transport company Mendiboure in connection with the ‘truck cartel’ case.