Tag: Amex

The recent AMEX decision has introduced the economics of “multisided platforms,” “transaction platforms,” “indirect network effects,” and “two-sided analysis” into antitrust analysis. As is...

By Daniel Francis (Harvard) & Jay Ezrielev (Federal Trade Commission) The orthodox view of market definition in antitrust cases is that the same principles of...

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 has inked a deal to buy “substantially all” of small business cash flow management company Kabbage. The deal is forecast to close later...

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...

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...

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...

This article shows that the Supreme Court reached the right outcome in Ohio et al. v. American Express. The District Court had found that...

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...

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...