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Case Number:

1:05-md-01720

Court:

New York Eastern

Nature of Suit:

410 Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Judge Brian M. Cogan

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  1. October 19, 2016

    Firms Vie For Chance To Lead Visa, MasterCard Antitrust Suit

    Plaintiffs' attorneys on Wednesday packed a Brooklyn federal courtroom in opposing bids to take the lead as class counsel in marathon antitrust litigation targeting Visa and MasterCard, in the wake of the Second Circuit's rebuke of a $7.25 billion settlement over interchange fees.

  2. February 04, 2016

    Swipe Fee MDL Attys Say New Docs Can't Nix $7B Deal

    Co-lead counsel for retailers involved in swipe-fee antitrust litigation against Visa and MasterCard told a New York federal judge on Wednesday that recently produced documents about improper attorney communications aren't grounds to vacate a $7.25 billion settlement.

  3. September 02, 2015

    Ex-Willkie Farr Atty Admits To Info Sharing In $7B Deal

    A lawyer who represented Mastercard Inc. admitted in a New York federal court filing late Tuesday that she used information from opposing counsel in a $7.25 billion deal to settle multidistrict litigation over Mastercard, Visa Inc. and other banks' interchange fees. 

  4. September 01, 2015

    Visa Says Atty Misconduct Shouldn't Kill $7.25B MDL Deal

    MasterCard Inc., Visa Inc. and other banks tangled up in multidistrict litigation over credit card transaction fees fought Tuesday to keep a $7.25 billion settlement alive after a number of major retailers pushed a New York federal court to trash the deal over attorney misconduct.

  5. August 25, 2015

    Citi Slams Merchants' Update In $7B Swipe Fee Appeal

    Citibank NA wrote to the Second Circuit on Monday to correct purported misstatements in a recent letter sent by merchants appealing a $7.25 billion settlement over credit card swipe fees updating the court about a similar case involving American Express Co. in which a settlement was recently thrown out because of attorney misconduct.

  6. August 19, 2015

    Swipe-Fee Merchants Want Fees Despite Atty Misconduct

    A class of merchant plaintiffs in the multibillion-dollar swipe fee dispute involving several credit card companies urged a New York federal court on Tuesday not to grant a motion to vacate a fee award to an attorney under scrutiny for alleged improprieties, saying the motion was meritless.

  7. August 05, 2015

    AmEx Ruling Prompts Questions On $7B Interchange Fee Deal

    A judge revealed details Tuesday about the improper communications between a lead plaintiffs' attorney in an antitrust class action against American Express Co. and a MasterCard Inc. lawyer, leading to questions about whether that misconduct threatens a related $7.25 billion settlement with MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. that the pair worked on.

  8. July 27, 2015

    Retailers Want $7B Interchange Fee Deal Nixed On Misconduct

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and other retail giants will ask a judge Tuesday to overturn the $7.25 billion antitrust settlement Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. reached over their interchange fees in light of the revelation that a former MasterCard lawyer and a plaintiffs' attorney shared confidential information in the multidistrict litigation.

  9. July 21, 2015

    Class Wants $32M Atty Award Tossed In Swipe Fee MDL

    A New York federal judge was urged Tuesday to vacate a $32 million award handed to Gary Friedman of Friedman Law Group LLP for his representation of plaintiffs in the multibillion-dollar MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. swipe fee dispute, with merchants arguing he nearly compromised the settlement.

  10. May 06, 2015

    Merchants Want Slice Of Willkie Fee Swipe MDL Disclosures

    Several merchants objecting to the multibillion-dollar MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. swipe fee settlements urged a New York federal court on Monday to tack them on to an order requiring Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to fork over communications between an indicted former partner and a plaintiffs' attorney.