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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Proposed Visa/Mastercard Interchange Fee Settlement – A Sea Change or Drop in the Ocean for Merchants?

The series of antitrust class action lawsuits first brought by U.S. merchants against Visa and Mastercard in 2006 continued its winding path toward closure as the parties announced in March 2024 that they had reached a...more

Lathrop GPM

Payment Card Settlement Claim Deadline Extended to August 30, 2024

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A very large class action settlement has an approaching deadline for class members to file claims. The class is very broad, defined as “all persons, businesses, and other entities that have accepted any Visa-Branded Cards...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Visa and Mastercard Obtain Preliminary Approval of Second Attempt at Interchange Settlement

On January 24, 2019, Judge Margo K. Brodie of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted preliminary approval of Visa and Mastercard’s second attempt to settle the 13-year old antitrust litigation...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

What Investors Need to Know About the New $6.2 Billion Visa, Mastercard Settlement

Visa, Inc., Mastercard, Inc., and other financial institutions have agreed to pay merchants between $5.56 billion and $6.26 billion to settle a 13-year old antitrust litigation. For years, the case has driven shrewd investors...more

Troutman Pepper

When Classes Collide: Court Rejects $7.25 Billion Visa/MasterCard Settlement, Competition News Volume 2016, Issue 1

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The Second Circuit’s decision highlights that, whenever there are groups of plaintiffs that will obtain different categories of relief as a part of a settlement, both plaintiffs and defense counsel should seriously consider...more

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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

Carlton Fields

Declined: Second Circuit Panel Shreds Visa and MasterCard Antitrust Settlement

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A Second Circuit panel rejected the settlement reached between defendants Visa, MasterCard, and various banks, and plaintiffs, approximately 12 million merchants who alleged the principally identical network rules of Visa and...more

King & Spalding

Target Settles Data Breach Class Action Suit With Banks For $39 Million

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Target has agreed to a $39 million settlement in a class action suit with several U.S. banks stemming from Target’s massive 2013 data breach. That data breach affected customers who shopped at U.S. Target stores between...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Target and Visa reach $67M settlement

Visa, Inc. announced on August 18th that it has reached a settlement with Target for $67 million to reimburse Visa for costs associated with the Target data breach in late 2013, including issuing millions of new cards to...more

King & Spalding

Target Proposed $19 Million Data Breach Settlement Falters As Banks Push Back

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Banks have stymied an out-of-court settlement reached between Target Corp. and MasterCard in the multi-district litigation over Target’s massive data breach during the 2013 holiday season. MasterCard, who has estimated that...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Failure to Obtain Required Retailer Approval Scuttles Target-MasterCard Data Breach Settlement

Target’s attempt to resolve claims of MasterCard-issuing banks through a $19 million private settlement with MasterCard has been terminated for failure of issuers of 90% of the affected cards to accept the settlement by the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Target and Card Issuers Dispute Use of MasterCard Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Claims

In the wake of Target’s April 15 announcement of a private $19 million settlement of the data breach claims of MasterCard-issuing banks, counsel representing the putative card issuer class in the consolidated Target data...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

UPDATE: Target Confirms It Has Negotiated A $19 Million Data Breach Settlement With MasterCard

Target confirmed a report in the Wednesday edition of The Wall Street Journal of a settlement with MasterCard concerning claims of card-issuers arising from Target’s 2013 data breach. The data breach, which occurred during...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy and Security Insider Update - April 2015

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Target Corp. announced yesterday that it has settled the claims of MasterCard International Inc. (MasterCard) against it to reimburse MasterCard and its card issuers for the losses it sustained in issuing new credit and debit...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Financial Services Law - Jan 30, 2014

Swipe Fee Settlement Yields More Litigation - Although the parties reached a $7.25 billion class action settlement of the antitrust suit brought by merchants against Visa and MasterCard over swipe fees, the case is far...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Court Approves $7.25 Billion Settlement of Antitrust Class Action Relating to Visa and MasterCard Interchange Fees

In the face of objections from some of the nation’s largest retailers, a New York federal judge has approved a massive settlement between a putative class of approximately 12 million merchants and Visa, MasterCard, and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Visa and MasterCard Win Approval for $5.7 Billion Settlement Ending Years of Litigation

Today Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. won approval for a $5.7 billion settlement that ended years of litigation with United States merchants over allegations that credit card swipe fees are improperly fixed. U.S. District Judge...more

Smith Anderson

Surcharges and Checkout Fees: Navigating the Mine Field

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In November 2012, Visa and MasterCard agreed to alter their credit card surcharging rules as part of a settlement related to the class action case In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation....more

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