Amex Can't Push 'Illusory' Arbitration Over 'Anti-Steering' Rule
By Lauren Berg ( September 22, 2025, 6:25 PM EDT) -- A putative class of businesses does not have to arbitrate claims that American Express violated antitrust laws by effectively preventing merchants that accept credit cards from incentivizing customers to use lower-fee cards, after a Massachusetts federal court ruled it will not "close its eyes" to the "illusory" arbitration agreement....
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