B & R Supermarket, Inc., et al v. Visa, Inc. et al

  1. May 05, 2017

    Calif. Visa, MasterCard Chip Antitrust Suit Moved To NY

    A California federal judge on Thursday agreed to a request by Visa and MasterCard to move an antitrust lawsuit by retailers over their shift to a new security chip system to New York, saying the claims are sufficiently related to multidistrict litigation taking place there.

  2. April 03, 2017

    Visa, MC 'Playing Games' In Chip Antitrust Row, Shops Say

    Visa and MasterCard are "playing games" in their bid to transfer an antitrust lawsuit against them away from California, but the dispute over a shift to a new security chip system is distinct from New York litigation involving interchange fees, retailers who brought the suit said Monday.

  3. March 29, 2017

    MasterCard, Visa Push To Nix Testimony In Chip Antitrust Row

    MasterCard, Visa and other credit card companies accused by a putative class of retailers of unfairly passing along fraud liabilities with the rollout of a new microchip system told a California federal judge Tuesday that the merchants' proposed class certification expert is unreliable and his opinions should be nixed.

  4. March 21, 2017

    MasterCard, Visa Seek Transfer Of Chip Card Antitrust Suit

    Visa and MasterCard on Monday urged a California federal judge to shift an antitrust lawsuit against them by a group of merchants over to the Eastern District of New York, where they say multidistrict litigation accusing them of wrongly passing on card liabilities to retailers already exists.

  5. March 13, 2017

    Retailers Seek Class Cert. In Card Chip Antitrust Suit

    A group of retailers has asked a California federal court to certify a class in a lawsuit alleging Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover conspired to unlawfully shift fraud liability to merchants, despite complications in switching to a new security chip system.

  6. October 03, 2016

    Visa, MC, AmEx, Discover Can't Toss Chip Antitrust Claims

    A California federal judge Monday said Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover can't nix a putative class action alleging they conspired to give merchants the same deadline for shifting to chip card readers, ruling they'll face antitrust claims under federal, New York, Florida and California law.

  7. September 29, 2016

    AmEx Fraud Liability Row Unhit By 2nd Circ., Say Merchants

    A recent Second Circuit decision that reversed a finding that American Express violated antitrust laws by imposing anti-steering rules on merchants should not detract from claims in a separate suit that AmEx and other credit card brands improperly shifted microchip fraud risk to merchants, the retailers argued Wednesday.

  8. August 19, 2016

    Discover Says Rue21 Must Arbitrate Chip Card Collusion Suit

    Discover told a California federal judge on Friday that Rue21 must arbitrate allegations that the credit card company schemed with others to place the burden of fraud risk on merchants during the rollout of microchip-enabled cards, saying the retailer's operating agreement requires it.

  9. June 27, 2016

    Calif. Judge Moves AmEx Fraud Liability Row To NY

    A California federal judge on Friday ruled that New York is the proper venue for claims against American Express Co. in a putative class action lawsuit alleging the credit card company and others conspired to shift fraud risk to merchants during the rollout of microchip-enabled cards.

  10. June 03, 2016

    AmEx Fights For Arbitration In Credit Card Fraud Liability Row

    American Express doubled down on its efforts in California federal court Thursday to compel arbitration in a putative class action alleging it and other credit card companies and banks conspired to shift fraud risk to merchants during the rollout of microchip-enabled cards, saying the arbitration agreements it signed with each merchant are valid.

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