Tag: Amex
AmEx Gets Anti-Steering Antitrust Suit Narrowed
American Express succeeded in narrowing a consumer lawsuit over “anti-steering” rules that bar merchants from pushing customers toward less costly payment methods, but a...
American Express To Buy SMB Cash Management FinTech Kabbage
American Express has inked a deal to buy “substantially all” of small business cash flow management company Kabbage. The deal is forecast to close later...
Amex Negotiating To Buy SMB Lender Kabbage
American Express (Amex) could be the new owner of Kabbage, one of the largest online business lenders.
Sources told Bloomberg News that talks are underway...
Two Sides to Every Story: Growing Tensions Between Legal Rules and...
By Andrew J. Ewalt (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP)1
In Ohio v. American Express (Amex),2 the Supreme Court introduced into U.S. antitrust law a new...
AmEx: Beyond Transaction Platforms and Section 1
By Douglas H. Ginsburg & Koren W. Wong-Ervin*
The Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Ohio v. American Express (AmEx) sparked a number of debates over...
The Role Of Market Definition in Assessing Anticompetitive Harm in Ohio...
This article shows that the Supreme Court reached the right outcome in Ohio et al. v. American Express. The District Court had found that...
US: Amex wins partial summary judgment in suit over anti-steering rule
Several retailer merchant plaintiffs (MPs) are headed to trial against American Express (Amex) claiming Amex’s use of an anti-steering rule in their contracts violates...
Japan: Amex buys restaurant platform
American Express has acquired Pocket Concierge, a restaurant reservation platform that provides customers with access to high-end restaurants in Japan, the company announced on...
Brazil: Visa, AmEx, Mastercard face antitrust charges
Visa, American Express, and Mastercard are among the payment companies that are the subject of an inquiry by Brazilian regulators.
According to a report in...
US: Verizon urges Amex-like caution for SCOTUS’ App Store ruling
According to an amicus brief submitted to the US Supreme Court, Verizon wants SCOTUS to explain how a recent ruling on transactional platforms affects...
