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In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

1:05-md-01720

Court:

New York Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Chief Judge Margo K. Brodie

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  1. August 30, 2010

    EU Docs Off-Limits In Interchange Fee MDL, Court Says

    A federal judge has refused to force Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. to turn over official records from the European Commission's antitrust investigation of their interchange fee practices to U.S. plaintiffs, ruling that the law of international comity favored protecting the confidentiality of the European proceedings.

  2. July 29, 2010

    Visa May Face DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Surcharge Rules

    The U.S. Department of Justice is considering launching an antitrust suit against Visa Inc. over its rules preventing merchants from charging customers for using credit cards, though the financial giant has said it is in talks to resolve both the government's concerns and similar claims in related litigation.

  3. January 06, 2010

    Fee MDL Plaintiffs Clamor For Visa, MasterCard EU Info

    The plaintiffs in multidistrict antitrust litigation over payment card interchange fees have asked a judge to compel Visa Inc. to turn over a European Commission statement of objection and make MasterCard Inc. produce a record of a hearing before the commission.

  4. May 21, 2009

    Merchants Seek MasterCard, EU Settlement Info

    Merchants in a consolidated antitrust suit against major payment card companies over interchange fees have asked that defendant MasterCard International Inc. be required to produce all communications with the European Commission regarding a settlement of an EU regulatory action over the fees.

  5. February 23, 2009

    Plaintiffs Widen Antitrust Case V. MasterCard, Visa

    Plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation over credit card interchange fees have hurled new price-fixing claims against Visa USA Inc. and expanded allegations that MasterCard Inc.’s and Visa’s initial public offerings violated antitrust laws.

  6. November 26, 2008

    MasterCard Wins Dismissal Of IPO Antitrust Claims

    A federal judge overseeing the massive interchange fee antitrust litigation in New York has tossed a supplemental complaint against MasterCard Inc. over its initial public offering, but will give the merchant plaintiffs a chance to plug the holes in their claims.

  7. May 13, 2008

    Interchange Fee Judge Briefly Owned Visa Stock

    A federal judge in the multidistrict litigation over credit card interchange fees has revealed that he inadvertently owned Visa shares for 18 days but says he does not believe the matter is grounds to disqualify him.

  8. March 17, 2008

    Visa, MasterCard Win Appeal In Interchange Fee Case

    A group of businesses that sued Visa USA Inc. and MasterCard International Inc. over their contentious interchange fees has lost a challenge to a federal court's ruling that evidence of its antitrust claims was unpersuasive.

  9. February 13, 2008

    MasterCard Fails In Bid To Toss Antitrust Claims

    MasterCard's 2006 initial public offering, which reorganized its business, will undergo antitrust scrutiny now that a judge has allowed legal claims challenging the IPO to proceed as part of a related class action against the company.

  10. January 23, 2008

    Credit Card Plaintiffs Dealt Discovery Setback

    A magistrate judge presiding over the antitrust litigation over credit card interchange fees has shot down the plaintiffs’ bids to bring a special master into the case and to expand discovery.

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