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Leawood approves retention of law firm to file claim in Visa/Mastercard settlement; council directs staff to seek lower contingency
Summary
The council approved retaining Myers Longhofer to file a claim in the Visa/Mastercard class-action settlement, authorized the mayor or city administrator to sign required documents and directed staff to negotiate a more favorable contingency-fee agreement before final engagement.
The Leawood governing body adopted a resolution authorizing the city to retain Myers Longhofer to file a claim in a nationwide Visa/Mastercard class-action settlement and authorized the mayor or city administrator to execute documents, while directing staff to negotiate a lower contingency fee.
Patty Bennett, the city attorney, summarized the settlement and the immediate need: the court-approved settlement covers alleged interchange-fee issues between Feb. 2005 and Feb. 2019 and…
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