Group questions legal arrangements following Visa/MasterCard settlement
By Jessica Legge
Times West Virginian
August 2, 2008
FAIRMONT — Attorney General Darrell McGraw recently settled a lawsuit with Visa and MasterCard, but a nonprofit citizen group claims there are some problems with the legal arrangements.
The West Virginia Office of the Attorney General filed a case in 2003 against MasterCard International Inc. and Visa U.S.A. Inc. under West Virginia’s antitrust and consumer protection laws. Approximately $11.6 million in settlement money from the lawsuit is funding the upcoming sales tax holiday — from Sept. 1 to 7 — for West Virginians.
