---
case_id: "1720"
title: "Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation"
research_checked: "2026-10-28"
research_level: "documents"
screening_approved: false
settlement_availability: "not verified"
care_availability: "not confirmed"
---

# Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust
MDL 1720

## What this matter is about

Merchants challenge alleged anticompetitive conduct involving Visa and Mastercard interchange fees and card-acceptance rules. A 2026 transfer order discusses how another action relates to the MDL and an earlier settlement. This does not establish a current claim window or eligibility under any settlement.

Basis: [Court source](https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/MDL-1720-Transfer_Order-7-26.pdf).

## Verified index information

- **Full title:** Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation
- **District:** NYE
- **Master docket:** 1:05-md-1720
- **Judge:** Cogan, Brian M.
- **Index report date:** 2026-10-01
- **Report relationship:** Listed in this report
- [JPML report](https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/Pending_MDL_Dockets_By_MDL_Type-October-1-2026.pdf#page=1)

## Preparation roadmap

This is a preparation path, not a court schedule or a promise of a payout.

1. **Understand the matter.** Read the case overview and inspect its official sources. Keep allegations separate from findings.
2. **Explore your connection.** Use optional preparation questions. Interest in a matter is not proof of a claim.
3. **Build your record trail.** Receipts, transaction dates or account history. Add only what you already know or can verify.
4. **Organize your questions.** Clarify the transaction, account or business issue before requesting professional advice.
5. **Choose professional review.** Start with your existing lawyer if represented. A lawyer reviews deadlines, jurisdiction and any filing or settlement options.

## Existing records that may help

- Receipts, transaction dates or account history
- Notices and relevant contracts or communications
- Any prior claim, release or legal correspondence

## Care information — separate from legal eligibility

### Records and professional review

This brief does not identify a medical-care pathway for this proceeding. A company, medicine or health-insurance name in a commercial case does not establish an injury.

- Which account, transaction or business records help explain my connection?
- What questions should I bring to my existing lawyer?

No medical-care recommendation is inferred from this commercial or other nonclinical topic.





## Research material and provenance

### Case MDL No. 1720  Document 571  Filed 08/06/26  Page 1 of 4
- [Original source](https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/MDL-1720-Transfer_Order-7-26.pdf)
- Access: Retrieved and text-extracted; current legal interpretation still needs professional review
- Retrieved: 2026-10-28T23:20:06.958Z
- SHA-256: 5a1026e9127d479c137c23e4c71d482c36eb535a0db8ebe4ce9fb52f6f88e155
- Text inspection: first 4 PDF pages; attachments or later pages may not be covered.

### FOR PUBLICATION
- [Original source](https://img.nyed.uscourts.gov/files/opinions/05md1720mo.pdf)
- Access: Discovered official link; live retrieval or full review not completed
- Retrieval date: not verified



### UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
- [Original source](https://img.nyed.uscourts.gov/files/opinions/20131213-05md1720-mo.pdf)
- Access: Discovered official link; live retrieval or full review not completed
- Retrieval date: not verified



### Case MDL No. 1720   Document 386   Filed 10/03/16   Page 1 of 4
- [Original source](https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/MDL-1720-Tag-Along_Motion_Transfered-09-16-Home%20Depot.pdf)
- Access: Discovered official link; live retrieval or full review not completed
- Retrieval date: not verified



### Case MDL No. 1720  Document 534  Filed 06/05/24  Page 1 of 4
- [Original source](https://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/MDL-1720-Transfer_Order-5-24.pdf)
- Access: Discovered official link; live retrieval or full review not completed
- Retrieval date: not verified




## Research gaps and professional review

- Verify the operative complaint, later amendments and current court orders.
- Verify any settlement notice, administrator, release, deadline and currently open intake.
- Obtain current counsel-approved screening criteria; no eligibility rules are approved here.
- Do not turn a commercial or intellectual-property case into a medical screening pathway.

## Updates

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## Your next step

[Explore the preparation questions](https://settlefy.com/my-settlefy?case=1720). Nothing is filed or sent to a firm automatically.