Study Group: Privacy Experts: Lawyers (US)(?)

Meredith Whitney's prediction of an impending liquidity crisis for the bankcard industry is bad news not only for profit strapped banks but also merchants whose survival depends on card transactions.  To revive faltering economies by getting consumers to spend again, bank regulators in the...

A recent decision by Canada's Competition Bureau strengthens the defense of the bankcard industry in the interchange lawsuit in New York.  In reversing a long standing rule that prevented banks in Canada from issuing Visa and MasterCards. the decision concluded that the restructuring...

President-elect owes Big Labor a bone for its enormous support in getting him elected and Labor wants enactment of the Employee Free Choice Act more than any other political favor.  The odds would seem to favor Labor, but in turn would spell disaster for the business community.  For the first...

Public anger against banks, coupled with merchant anger against bankcard issuers, will force the Obama Administration and Congress to consider legislation to resolve the merchand-card industry impasse on how, if at all, interchange fees should be calculated.  While policy makers on the one...

Visa & MasterCard's $2.75B settlement of the antitrust suit against them by Discover should have relevance to the interchange lawsuit against them by their merchants.  It suggests either great vulnerability to the merchants or a strategic act by the networks to remove Discover as a distraction. ...