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    Publication Date: 2016-07-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D67260

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  • Payment Card Antitrust Litigation, 12-4671-cv

    Publication Date: 2016-07-05
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Jacobs, and Leval, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Objectors-Appellants and Plaintiffs-Appellants Merchant Appellants: Eric F. Citron, on the brief, Thomas C. Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell P.C., Washington, DC; Stephen R. Neuwirth, Sanford I. Weisburst, Steig D. Olson, and Cleland B. Welton II, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey I. Shinder, Gary J. Malone, and A. Owen Glist, Constantine Cannon LLP, New York, NY; Michael J. Canter, Robert N. Webner, and Kenneth J. Rubin, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus OH; Gregory A. Clarick, Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants American Express Company, et al.: Philip C. Korologos, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants Discover Bank, et al.: William H. Pratt, on the brief, Jennifer M. Selendy, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY. For Objectors-Appellants First Data Corporation, et al.: Anahit Samarjian, on the brief, Jason A. Yurasek, Perkins Coie LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Objectors-Appellants Merchant Trade Groups: Andrew G. Celli, Jr. and Debra L. Greenberger, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York, NY. For Appellant Retailers and Merchants Objectors: Jerrold S. Parker and Jay L.T. Breakstone, Parker Waichman, LLP, Port Washington, NY; Thomas P. Thrash and Marcus N. Bozeman, Thrash Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR; Phillip Duncan and Richard Quintus, Duncan Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR. For Objectors-Appellants U.S. PIRG and Consumer Reports: Elizabeth Wolstein, Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, New York, NY. For Appellants Blue Cross and Blue Shield Entities and Wellpoint Entities: Anthony F. Shelley, Adam P. Feinberg, Laura G. Ferguson, Michael N. Khalil, and Katherine E. Pappas, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington, DC. For Appellant The Iron Barley Restaurant LLC: Steve A. Miller, Denver, CO. For Appellants Unlimited Vacations and Cruises, Inc., et al.: John J. Pentz, Sudbury, MA. For Appellant Optical Etc. LLC.: N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., Gainesville, FL. For Objectors-Appellants 1001 Property Solutions, LLC, et al.: Christopher A. Bandas, Corpus Christi, TX. For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jeffrey M. Harris and Candice C. Wong, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC; K. Craig, Wildfang, Thomas J. Undlin, Ryan W. Marth, and Bernard Persky, Robins Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; H. Laddie Montague, Merrill G. Davidoff, and Michael J. Kane, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Bonny E. Sweeney, Joseph D. Daley, and Alexandra S. Bernay, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Joseph Goldberg, Freedman Boyd Goldberg Urias & Ward, P.A., Albuquerque, MN.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: David F. Graham, Robert N. Hochman, Benjamin R. Nagin, Eamon P. Joyce, and Mark D. Taticchi, on the brief, Carter G. Philips, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Robert C. Mason, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Vizas, Arnold & Porter LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark R. Merley and Matthew A. Eisenstein, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC; Richard J. Holwell, Michael S. Shuster, and Demian Ordway, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Matthew Freimuth and Wesley R. Powell, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Kenneth A. Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC; Mark P. Ladner and Michael B. Miller, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY; Andrew J. Frackman and Abby F. Rudzin, O'Melveny & Myers LLP; James P. Tallon, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY; Richard L. Creighton and Drew M. Hicks, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL, Cincinnati, OH; John P. Passarelli and James M. Sulentic, Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha, NE; Peter E. Greene, Boris Bershteyn, and Peter S. Julian, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan S. Massey and Leonard A. Gail, Massey & Gail, Washington, DC; Ali M. Stoeppelweth, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; John M. Majoras and Joseph W. Clark, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Teresa T. Bonder, Valarie C. Williams, and Kara F. Kennedy, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA; Jonathan B. Orleans and Adam S. Mocciolo, Pullman & Comley, LLC, Bridgeport, CT; Robert P. LoBue and William F. Cavanaugh, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12-4671-cv(L)

    Cite as: Payment Card Fee Litigation, 12-4671-cv, NYLJ 1202761507995, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided June 30, 2016) CASE NAMEIn Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Me