Priceless: The Case that Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel
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Lloyd Constantine., & Lloyd Constantine|AUTHOR. (2012). Priceless: The Case that Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel . Skyhorse.

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Lloyd Constantine and Lloyd Constantine|AUTHOR. 2012. Priceless: The Case That Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel. Skyhorse.

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Lloyd Constantine and Lloyd Constantine|AUTHOR. Priceless: The Case That Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel Skyhorse, 2012.

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Lloyd Constantine, and Lloyd Constantine|AUTHOR. Priceless: The Case That Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel Skyhorse, 2012.

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Combining the real-life legal drama of A Civil Action with the relentless pace of a John Grisham novel, Constantine delivers the definitive account of a case that made history and will be studied for years to come. Beginning in the 1980s, when Visa and MasterCard-whose combined market share topped 95 percent-announced the merger of their debit card networks, Priceless traces the fallout of this catastrophic union, from raised eyebrows among attorney generals to the launch of a major class-action lawsuit. For the five merchants initially represented by Constantine's firm (Wal-Mart, Sears, Circuit City, Safeway, and The Limited), the reality of the situation was clear: millions of U.S. businesses were being illegally coerced in a scheme that forced excessive fees on merchants every time a customer used a debit card. When a $3.4 billion settlement was reached in 2003, the court estimated that the case would save stores and shoppers up to $87 billion in the first decade alone.

A suspense-filled story with a vibrant cast of characters-and a smoking-gun document known as "The Shark"-Priceless travels from corporate backrooms to the courtroom to capture one of America's biggest triumphs in the high-stakes world of antitrust litigation.
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