A group of merchants sued the New York Attorney General last month to enjoin a law they claimed prohibited them from using the label “surcharge” to describe additional fees for credit card purchases (see our prior post). The Attorney General Friday moved to dismiss, and argued that the merchants had misinterpreted the law:
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Consumer Litigation
Merchants Move to Enjoin New York Law Against Describing Extra Charges to Credit Card Customers As “Surcharges”
By Charles Michael on
Yesterday, a group of merchants moved, on First Amendment Grounds, to enjoin a New York law that allows merchants to charge different prices for cash and credit card purchases, but prohibits them from calling the extra charge for credit card purchases a “surcharge”: The motion begins:
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