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Federal Judge Threatens to Hold Merchant Trade Groups in Contempt Over Swipe-Fee Websites

A federal judge overseeing a pending $7.25 billion class-action settlement involving Visa Inc. (V) and MasterCard Inc. (MA) ordered merchant trade groups opposed to the deal to show why they should not be held in contempt over a website blasting the accord.

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