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California District Court Grants Software Company’s Motion To Dismiss In Algorithmic Price Fixing Case

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On March 21, 2025, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted defendant software company’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims of price-fixing under the Sherman...more

Morgan Lewis

AI and Algorithmic Pricing: 2025 Antitrust Outlook and Compliance Considerations

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While algorithmic pricing has been used in many industries for decades, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has led antitrust enforcers—including federal agencies and state attorneys...more

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Antitrust Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2025

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There were a number of significant developments in antitrust law in 2024, including some major wins for the government in merger enforcement, increased focus on competition concerns related to algorithmic pricing, and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Information Sharing, Pricing Algorithms, and Antitrust Liability: Where Is the Line?

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Antitrust enforcers and private plaintiffs over the past few years have pursued increasingly aggressive theories of liability based on information exchange and the use of algorithmic pricing and revenue management software....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Summer Surge Foreshadows Enforcement Intrigue

Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

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The FTC and State Case Against Amazon Highlights Risks and Impacts from Using Pricing Algorithms

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Both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division have focused their sights on big technology companies. Understanding the precedents set by these suits is critical for clients...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Man vs. Machine: DOJ Files Complaint Alleging Algorithmic Collusion

On August 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight states filed a complaint in federal court in North Carolina alleging that RealPage, a software analytics company, coordinated rental prices in the real estate...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: What to Watch in 2024

The year 2023 ended with a bang in the cartel space, with a federal court of appeals upending what was long believed to be the scope of conduct that should be considered per se under the Sherman Act. The new year, 2024,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Antitrust and Artificial Intelligence: ‎The FTC Identifies Competition Concerns in Generative AI ‎Markets

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On June 29, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and Office of Technology published a blog identifying key segments in the artificial intelligence (AI) space where competition concerns may arise. For...more

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Algorithms in the spotlight of antitrust authorities

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Joint study by the Bundeskartellamt (German Cartel Office) and the Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) indicates need for higher compliance standards - Digital ubiquity, and the resulting rules, do not...more

K&L Gates LLP

EU Commissioner Warns Companies of Potentially Unlawful Use of Pricing Algorithms

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On 16 March 2017, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager gave a speech on algorithms and competition at the Bundeskartellamt's 18th Conference on Competition in Berlin, during which she discussed the potentially...more

Morgan Lewis

2016 Mid-Year Global Cartel Enforcement Report

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Cartel enforcement activity promises to remain busy In the coming months and into 2017 Cartel enforcement remains a priority for competition authorities around the world. Global cartel fines totaled more than $6...more

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