---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001141391-24-000153"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "MA"
cik: "0001141391"
company_name: "Mastercard Inc"
filed_at: "2024-06-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T00:26:40.753880+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mastercard's class settlement with merchants formally rejected by federal court

## Summary
- Eastern District Court of New York rejected the Class Settlement Agreement on June 25, 2024.
- The settlement covered merchant claims related to business practices and network rules.
- Previously announced on March 26, 2024; rejection means litigation continues or renegotiation needed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001141391-24-000153
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: MA
- cik: 0001141391
- company_name: Mastercard Inc
- filed_at: 2024-06-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139124000153/0001141391-24-000153-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141391/000114139124000153/ma-20240326.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001141391-24-000153.txt

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