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Old 02-03-2009, 04:36 PM  
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What alternative billing opportunities do you see if this does happen?

One LEGAL ISSUE that might be raised is that selective imposition of a rebilling ban impacts Freedom of speech. Unfortunately, Visa and MC are private companies and can restrict speech rights. Regardless, there is a line of US Supreme Court cases that hold that otherwise private impairments of constitutional rights can become STATE (thereby actionable in federal court) matters if the judicial system is used. There's also a whole slew of state constitutional cases that defer to states' constitutions' greater protections of speech and privacy rights.
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