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Friday, October 4, 2013
Federal judge strikes down New York law banning credit card surcharges
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Thursday struck down [opinion, PDF] a state law that criminalizes retailers for imposing surcharges on customers who pay by credit card. Under Section 518 [text], a retailer may give a "discount" to customers paying with cash but cannot tell customers that a surcharge will be added to credit card purchases. The court held that this "virtually incomprehensible distinction between what a vendor...
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