ICOs

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Major US Retailers Blast Mastercard, Visa Card Fees Settlement Reuters – April 29, 2024 Target, Walmart, and other retailers have urged a U.S. judge to reject a proposed class-action settlement with Visa and Mastercard over credit and debit card fees, saying the accord does not [...]

Constantine Cannon partner Gordon Schnell extensively featured in Forbes on the continuing saga of the Boeing whistleblower story and the need to strengthen protections for aviation whistleblowers. Read April 27, 2024 at constantinecannon.com

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: CFPB Internal Shakeup to Supercharge Fintech, Big Bank Cops Bloomberg Law – April 19, 2024 (subscription may be required) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement and supervision teams, including those overseeing financial technology firms and other nonbank lenders, will soon get a direct line to [...]

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Two US lawmakers raise concerns over Disney, Fox, Warner sports streaming venture.  U.S. lawmakers Jerry Nadler and Joaquin Castro raised competition concerns over the sports streaming joint venture planned by [...]

Last week, Christi Grimm, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), testified before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.  The subcommittee hearing, aptly titled “Examining How Improper Payments Cost Taxpayers Billions and Weaken Medicare and Medicaid,” focused on recent efforts to combat healthcare [...]

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: ANTITRUST—E.D.N.Y.: 7-Eleven, Home Depot Claims Against Visa Defendants Survive Summary Judgment VitalLaw – April 15, 2024 Although 7-Eleven and Home Depot claims survived, the court deemed the equitable relief class debit monopolization claim “economically senseless” while their credit monopolization claim lacked necessary evidence about both [...]