Judge Comes Down Against Heartland, Rules That Its Own Filings Undermine Its Position
Written by Evan SchumanJanuary 5th, 2010
A federal judge in late December 2009 slammed processor Heartland, dismissing its attempts to halt a marketing program by one-time partner VeriFone as being contradicted by Heartland's own court filings. But VeriFone is asking the court to keep secret the number of customers who have made the move from Heartland to VeriFone.
The denial of a preliminary injunction ruling wasn't entirely a surprise, as reports of Heartland's apparently contradictory statements had already surfaced. But when U.S. District Court Judge Mary Cooper issued a ruling in the case on December 23 that dismissed so many of Heartland's claims against VeriFone, that was a bit startling.
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