Priceless: The Case that Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel

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		Priceless: The Case that Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel
		Priceless: The Case that Brought Down the Visa/MasterCard Bank Cartel

基本信息·出版社：Kaplan Publishing
·页码：272 页
·出版日期：2009年10月
·ISBN：1607144565
·International Standard Book Number：1607144565
·条形码：9781607144564
·EAN：9781607144564
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语

内容简介 In a ground-breaking case that shook the business and legal worlds to their very cores, New York-based law firm Constantine & Partners sought to end a devastating credit monopoly that personally touched millions of consumers. Its efforts culminated in the largest federal antitrust settlement in U.S. history. In Priceless, author and lead counsel Lloyd Constantine relates the dramatic account of backroom strategizing and courtroom conniving during the high-stakes litigation. Constantine, who led the team representing the plaintiffs, vividly describes how the case pitted retailers against credit card companies, and pries the lid off dodgy debit card practices. The plaintiffs, including Wal-Mart, Sears Roebuck, The Limited, Safeway, and a class of fi ve million stores, pitted their fi nancial futures against Visa and Mastercard in this war between giants.

 

In the vein of breakout bestsellers like A Civil Action and A Confederacy of Fools, this fast-paced narrative, peppered with larger-than-life characters, tears open the case and shows readers how the more than $3-billion-dollar settlement came about. The riveting story features cameos by lawyers, judges, and businessmen, including then University of Arkansas law professor Bill Clinton and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. The triumph is also a David and Goliath tale, in which a small boutique law fi rm beats four of the largest law fi rms in the world, including London-based law fi rm Clifford Chance.
作者简介 Lloyd Constantine is Counsel to Constantine Cannon LLP, a commercial litigation firm in New York and Washington, D.C. with an internationally acclaimed antitrust practice. Lloyd founded the firm, originally called Constantine & Partners, with several friends in 1994 and was its Chairman and Managing Partner until January 2007.

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