In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1720 What is it About? The lawsuit is about claims that merchants paid excessive fees to accept Visa and Mastercard cards because Visa and Mastercard, individually, and together with their respective member banks, violated the antitrust laws. This lawsuit relates to interchange
In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, No. 17-MD-02773-LHK, MDL No. 1720 What is it About? In 2017, the FTC sued Qualcomm in the Northern District of California alleging violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Subsequently, a number of follow-on lawsuits were filed by consumers, alleging violations of state and
In Re: Domestic Airline Travel Antitrust Litigation, No. 1:15-mc-01404, MDL No. 2656 What is it About? A class action lawsuit was filed against American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines (the “Defendants”), in addition to US Airways and Continental Airlines. The lawsuit claims that the Defendants colluded to limit capacity on flights.
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