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Retailers sue federal regulators over efforts to block Illinois swipe fee law: Daily Digest | Thursday, Nov. 12

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Retailers sue federal regulators over efforts to block Illinois swipe fee law: Daily Digest | Thursday, Nov. 12
A “Credit Card Chaos” ad appears on a drivable billboard a few blocks from the Illinois Capitol during the legislature’s final stretch. The Illinois law that it targets suffered a pair of setbacks this week. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
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A group of merchant trade groups filed a pair of lawsuits Thursday challenging actions taken by two federal agencies attempting to block Illinois' first-in-the-nation law banning credit card and debit card swipe fees on sales tax and tips from taking effect.