In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:05-md-01720

Court:

New York Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Margo K. Brodie

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Companies

Government Agencies

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June 25, 2024
NY Judge Rejects Visa, Mastercard Fee Deal

A New York federal judge handling multidistrict litigation over Visa and Mastercard merchant fees rejected a proposed settlement for equitable relief and recommended a case from Grubhub be sent back to Illinois, making good on a suggestion she shared at a previous hearing.
June 13, 2024
Visa, Mastercard Fee Deal Not 'Likely' To Get Court Approval

A New York federal judge said at a hearing Thursday that she will "likely not approve" Mastercard and Visa's proposed settlement in long-running litigation over merchant transaction fees, according to the case docket.
June 05, 2024
NY Judge Says Block, Intuit Are Part Of Visa Antitrust Deal

Intuit and the company behind Square payment technology may be blocked from most swipe-fee antitrust claims against Visa and Mastercard under a newly unsealed New York federal court decision holding that the companies can't have opted out of a merchant settlement because they were never part of that class.
May 02, 2024
No Atty Fees For Objectors To $5.6B Swipe Fees Settlement

Class members who initially objected to a $5.6 billion settlement with Visa and Mastercard cannot collect nearly $1 million in attorney fees, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday, saying they haven't shown their objections to the original 2013 settlement substantially benefited the class.
May 02, 2024
Barnes & Noble Joins Visa, Mastercard Settlement Objectors

A new collection of major retailers is joining Target Corp. and Grubhub in objecting to a proposed settlement deal cut by Visa and Mastercard, saying the deal would actually codify an illegal price-fixing agreement.
April 29, 2024
Target, Grubhub Say Visa, Mastercard Fee Deal Is A Scam

Visa and Mastercard's settlement to slash their merchant fees by some $30 billion over the next several years has no fans in Target and Grubhub, who told the judge overseeing the long-running antitrust litigation that the deal isn't fair to anyone except the credit titans.
April 11, 2024
Visa Beats Some Merchant Claims In Antitrust MDL

A New York federal judge has trimmed claims lodged by Home Depot and other merchants against Visa and several banks in sprawling multidistrict antitrust litigation dating back to 2005 over network rules forcing merchants to accept the companies' cards.
March 26, 2024
Visa, Mastercard Cut Deal In Long-Running Swipe Fee Dispute

Visa and Mastercard reached a settlement Tuesday that merchants in a long-running antitrust case say will reduce fees by $30 billion over the next several years, while eliminating restrictions on steering customers to cheaper payment options.
March 08, 2024
Visa, Mastercard's Standing Challenge Fails In Swipe Fee Case

A New York federal judge in a newly unsealed order rejected Visa and Mastercard's bid for summary judgment that claimed that merchants suing the card companies over allegedly anticompetitive conduct lack standing to do so under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
February 29, 2024
Amazon Cuts Deals With Mastercard, Banks In Fee MDL

Amazon told a New York federal court Thursday that it has reached settlement agreements with Mastercard and several banks, after reaching a previous deal with Visa, over allegations that anti-competitive conduct by the card companies and banks caused the online retail giant to overpay for transaction fees.

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