EPISODE · Feb 20, 2026 · 1H 1M
Episode 395: Industry Gets Big Wins In Court On Both Interchange Fees and EPR
from The Working Lunch · host Align Public Strategies
The industry had two big wins this week in the courtroom on two different major issues facing the industry. In Illinois, a federal judge ruled that with regard to swipe fees, not only are Visa & Mastercard not protected by federal preemption, neither are the banks as well. This clears the ways for continued state level efforts by the industry to reign in out of control swipe fees. We’ll discuss. And a federal judge in Oregon ruled that the state’s Extended Producer Responsibility regime likely violates numerous provisions of the U.S. Constitution and calls into question the validity of the law as well as those in the other six states with similar programs. Could this be the end of EPR as we know it? We’ll take a look. We’ll talk about those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.
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The industry had two big wins this week in the courtroom on two different major issues facing the industry. In Illinois, a federal judge ruled that with regard to swipe fees, not only are Visa & Mastercard not protected by federal preemption, neither are the banks as well. This clears the ways for continued state level efforts by the industry to reign in out of control swipe fees. We’ll discuss. And a federal judge in Oregon ruled that the state’s Extended Producer Responsibility regime likely violates numerous provisions of the U.S. Constitution and calls into question the validity of the law as well as those in the other six states with similar programs. Could this be the end of EPR as we know it? We’ll take a look. We’ll talk about those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.
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Episode 395: Industry Gets Big Wins In Court On Both Interchange Fees and EPR
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