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United States of America et al v. American Express Company et al.

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Case Number:

1:10-cv-04496

Court:

New York Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Nicholas G. Garaufis

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  1. April 02, 2015

    AmEx Spars With DOJ Over Changes To Anti-Steering Rules

    The U.S. Department of Justice and American Express Co. continued to trade jabs Wednesday over a fix to anti-steering merchant rules a judge recently found to violate federal antitrust law, contending the opposing proposal is either too intrusive or too lax.

  2. March 26, 2015

    AmEx To Pursue Stay In Anti-Steering Antitrust Suit

    American Express Co. on Wednesday said that it will seek a stay on a potential ban on its practice of barring merchants from encouraging consumers to use other credit card brands in a suit in which a New York federal judge found the practice violates antitrust law.

  3. March 24, 2015

    DOJ Says AmEx Trying To Thwart Change After Antitrust Loss

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday accused American Express Co. of trying to skirt any changes to anti-steering merchant rules a judge recently found to violate federal antitrust law, while the credit card giant accused the government of pursuing an overly broad fix.

  4. February 20, 2015

    AmEx Antitrust Ruling Could Pay Off For Consumers

    A Thursday decision finding that American Express Co.'s anti-steering rules violated antitrust law is bound to hurt the credit card firm's business, but could lead to a battle among card companies to lower prices that would ultimately benefit consumers, experts say.

  5. February 19, 2015

    AmEx Shows Small Market Shares Carry Antitrust Risks

    The U.S. Department of Justice's victory Thursday over American Express Co. in anti-steering rules litigation offers a compelling example of how even companies with relatively low shares of a sector can have market power under federal antitrust law.

  6. February 19, 2015

    Judge Finds AmEx Merchant Rules Anti-Competitive

    A New York federal judge ruled Thursday that American Express Co.'s anti-steering rules barring merchants from encouraging consumers from using other credit card brands violate antitrust law, handing a victory to the U.S. Department of Justice.

  7. October 09, 2014

    Judge Urges DOJ, AmEx To Pursue Antitrust Settlement

    The judge overseeing the government's antitrust trial challenging American Express Co.'s anti-steering rules indicated during closing arguments Thursday that he would welcome a settlement in the case and was hesitant to intervene in the credit card company's operations.

  8. September 19, 2014

    DOJ Says It Proved AmEx Steering Rules Harm Competition

    The U.S. Department of Justice told a New York federal judge Thursday that it successfully proved at trial that American Express Co.'s rules preventing merchants from steering customers to alternative credit card products are anti-competitive and flout the Sherman Act, ahead of closing arguments next month.

  9. August 18, 2014

    DOJ Economist Testifies AmEx's Analysis Had 'Fatal Flaw'

    As the U.S. Department of Justice's six-week antitrust trial against American Express Co. drew to a close Monday, a government economist told the court the credit card company's market definition analysis in the anti-steering rules case had a "fatal flaw."

  10. August 14, 2014

    AmEx Expert Cites 'Gaping Hole' In DOJ Antitrust Theory

    An economist testifying for American Express Co. during an antitrust trial told the court Thursday that the government's theory that merchant credit card fees would go down if it successfully challenges AmEx's anti-steering rules "has a gaping hole in it."

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