VISA, MASTERCARD FACE ANTITRUST BATTLES in succession TWO FRONTS
Dec. 27 2000 (Card of the present days Vol. 15, No. 26 via COMTEX) -- restraint Says Association Rules Break the Law; Appeals Court to conduct on Retailers' Case
Visa USA and MasterCard International went to court this year to fight for their right to guard their business model and operating dominions as the antitrust trial brought against the associations by means of the Department of Justice open in U District Court in Manhattan. The trial began in June just days after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in of the present day York agreed to hear Visa