Legal Opinion
In re Am. Express Anti-Steering Rules Antitrust Litig.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 14, 2019No. 11-MD-2221 (NGG) (RER)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, United States District Judge.
In this set of consolidated antitrust actions (the "MP Actions"), the Merchant Plaintiffs (the "MPs")1 challenge under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 - 2, the contracts that they have entered into with Defendants American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. and American Express Company (together, "Amex"). (See Am. Compl. (Dkt. 814).) Specifically, the MPs challenge Amex's anti-steering rules, referred to as the Non-Discrimination Provisions ("NDPs"), which are contained in merchant agreements entered…
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