A California law that prohibits merchants from imposing a surcharge on credit card purchases violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has...more
1/9/2018
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Credit Cards ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Expressions Hair Design v Schneiderman ,
Financial Services Industry ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Merchants ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Summary Judgment
New York's law prohibiting merchants from imposing a surcharge on credit card purchases (Section 518 of the state's General Business Law) regulates speech, thereby making the law subject to First Amendment scrutiny, the U.S....more
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state laws that prohibit merchants from imposing a surcharge on credit card purchases violate the First Amendment. The petition for certiorari granted by the Supreme Court...more
A federal district court in California has ruled that a state law prohibiting retailers from imposing a surcharge on credit card purchases placed an unconstitutional restriction on the retailers’ freedom of speech and is...more