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July 24, 2009
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The Feesers case arose in the food-service management and distributorship industry. Feesers, is a traditional “middle man” distributor that purchases food products from producers and resells them to institutional end users, which prepare their own food on site for large numbers of people.
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Summer 2009
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The high level of interchange fees and the means by which banks set these fees have been two of the primary competition issues causing concern for regulatory authorities in Mexico over the past few years.
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Summer 2009
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While only a few countries like Australia and Europe have begun regulating interchange fees, others, like South Africa, are exploring the possibility of regulating interchange in their respective countries.
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Summer 2009
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The Australian government’s regulation of payment cards has attracted global attention as an example of extensive credit card reform and as a rare source of empirical evidence of the impact of reducing interchange fees and removing certain
merchant restrictions.
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Summer 2009
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Over the past 12 years, the European Commission has targeted
Visa and MasterCard’s Multilateral Interchange
Fees (“MIFs”), which are default fees the networks assess on
cross-border transactions.
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June 30, 2009
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Los Angeles Daily Journal
Arbitration clauses can profoundly alter the rights of contracting parties. Yet they are often little more than an afterthought – boilerplate contract provisions governing disputes that no one believes will ever arise.
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2009
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Bloomberg Law Reports - Class Actions
From a defendant’s perspective, a class action can be a litigation nightmare. Even setting aside the potential exposure should the case reach the judgment phase, defending a class action ups the ante significantly with respect to the cost of the suit and the resources necessary to defend it.
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June 12, 2009
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Competition Law360
Court Rules California Consumers Lack Standing to Sue Retailers for Return of Sales Tax
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June 10, 2009
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APaTS: Advanced Patent Trial Strategies
Sometimes, the merger of two companies requires a sorting of the Cinderellas from the ugly stepsisters when it comes to pre-existing contractual relationships.
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June 4, 2009
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Los Angeles Daily Journal
Settling class actions is anything but typical. Rule 3.770 of the California Rules of Court conditions dismissal of class actions upon the plaintiff’s submission of a declaration explaining the factual basis for the dismissal and any consideration received by the plaintiff.
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