April 24, 2015
California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Friday served notice that she will ask the Ninth Circuit to overturn a California federal judge's ruling striking down a state ban on credit card surcharges on free speech grounds.
March 26, 2015
A California federal judge on Thursday struck down on free speech grounds a state ban on credit card surcharges, ruling the law unreasonably restricts merchants' ability to communicate that credit card fees are passed on to customers in the form of higher prices.
March 06, 2014
Small businesses in California and Florida filed challenges to state laws banning so-called swipe fees and surcharges for credit card users, alleging Wednesday that the laws violate consumers' First Amendment rights and are unconstitutionally vague.