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US District Court Dismisses Antitrust Claims In Connection With Payment Network Market

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On July 10, 2025, US District Judge David Dugan of the Southern District of Illinois (S.D. Ill.) granted without prejudice motions of Apple and two payment network providers to dismiss antitrust claims by a putative class of...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has been aggressively pursuing civil enforcement actions.  While criminal enforcement of antitrust laws has been depressed, DOJ has found success in pursuing civil and merger...more

MG+M The Law Firm

Visa/Mastercard Antitrust Class Action Claim Filing Deadline Extended to August 30

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In the massive antitrust class action against Visa, Mastercard and more than 25 banks, the deadline has been extended for victims of overpaid credit or debit card transaction fees to file a claim to their share of the $5.54...more

White & Case LLP

Current antitrust focus on technology platforms should take into account recent Supreme Court decisions in Pepper and American...

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Technology products are increasingly characterized by their ability to facilitate interconnectedness. More and more, tech innovators find themselves subject to increasing scrutiny under global competition laws when they...more

McAfee & Taft

Gavel to Gavel: Most states may surcharge transactions

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Few fees frustrate the average business more than those incurred by accepting credit cards. From a practical perspective, refusing credit cards is usually not a viable option. Originally published in The Journal Record |...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Second Circuit Holds American Express Can Stop Merchants From Steering Customers to Lower-Fee Cards, Competition News Volume 2016,...

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The opinion could provide useful guidance for participants in two-sided markets, like the credit card industry and the health care industry, where separate interests of insurers and patients are often implicated by the same...more

Polsinelli

DOJ-AmEx Case Could Have Ramifications for Health Care Providers

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The U.S. Department of Justice's loss to American Express sends a message to health care providers: Steering, tiering, exclusive dealing and other contractual arrangements that appear to suppress competition in one part of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Second Circuit Issues Blockbuster Ruling in Amex, Holding Anti-Steering Rules Do Not Violate Antitrust Law

Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a major win for American Express in a landmark decision in United States v. American Express Co. In that case the government filed an antitrust suit against...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Second Circuit Sides With AmEx, Reversing Lower Court Victory for DOJ

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a highly influential appellate court sitting in New York, on September 26 issued a unanimous ruling with major implications for antitrust and unfair competition laws,...more

Mintz

What Have Merchants Gained from Payment Card Antitrust Litigation?

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In recent years, federal antitrust enforcers and businesses that accept payment cards have been waging a slow war against payment card fees and the card network rules that protect them. The payment card industry’s antitrust...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Analysis of Alleged Hub-and-Spoke Conspiracies Under the Sherman Act

Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the dismissal of plaintiffs’ consolidated complaint in In re Musical Instruments and Equipment Antitrust Litigation. In addressing plaintiffs’ allegations of a...more

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