United States v. Visa and Plaid antitrust case

US District Court, Northern District of California · 4:20-cv-07810 · filed Nov 5, 2020 · Dismissed

The Justice Department sued to block Visa's acquisition of fintech Plaid, alleging Visa sought to eliminate a nascent threat to its online debit business.

The case

Plaintiffs: United States
Defendants: Visa, Plaid
Court: US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket: 4:20-cv-07810
Filed: Nov 5, 2020
Status: DismissedVoluntarily dismissed after the deal was abandoned in January 2021.
Outcome: Visa and Plaid called off their USD 5.3 billion merger and DOJ dismissed the suit.

History

4 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Dec 18, 2020	Hearing: Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Jeffrey S. White: Initial Case Management Conference held on 12/18/2020.Total Time in Court: 18 minutes	Hearing	Link
Dec 18, 2020	Order: ORDER SCHEDULING TRIAL AND PRETRIAL MATTERS. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 12/18/20	Order	Link
Dec 15, 2020	Order: ORDER REFERRING CASE to a randomly assigned Magistrate Judge for All Discovery purposes; Order to Parties re Trial Date	Order	Link
Nov 5, 2020	Filing: Complaint filed: United States v. Visa Inc.	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Sep 25Telephone Conference Todaynext date	United States v. Visa (debit)Telephone ConferenceActiveAntitrustS.D. N.Y.	Antitrust	Active	Sep 24, 2024
Oct 2Joint proposed final judgment due in 7dnext date	United States v. Google (ad tech)Joint proposed final judgment dueDecidedAntitrustE.D. Va.	Antitrust	Decided	Jan 24, 2023
Jul 23Filed 64d agofiled	EU Commission: Google DMA finesDecidedAntitrustEuropean CommissionEUR 890 million	Antitrust	Decided	Jul 23
Jul 9Filed 78d agofiled	EU Commission: SAP ERP support commitmentsClosedAntitrustEuropean Commission	Antitrust	Closed	Jul 9
Jun 25Filed 92d agofiled	EU Commission: AWS and Azure DMA cloud investigationActiveAntitrustEuropean Commission	Antitrust	Active	Jun 25
Jun 9Filed 4mo agofiled	EU Commission: Meta WhatsApp AI interim measuresActiveAntitrustEuropean Commission	Antitrust	Active	Jun 9
May 14Filed 4mo agofiled	CMA: Microsoft business software SMS investigationActiveAntitrustUK CMA	Antitrust	Active	May 14
Feb 5Filed 8mo agofiled	Bundeskartellamt: Amazon price control prohibitionDecidedAntitrustBundeskartellamtEUR 59 million	Antitrust	Decided	Feb 5

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United States v. Visa Inc.

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