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DOJ Adopts Aggressive Stance Against Algorithmic Coordination in Multiplan Antitrust Filing

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Recently, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice submitted a Statement of Interest in In re: Multiplan Health Insurance Provider Litigation, a class action presently pending before the United States...more

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Five Steps Hotel Owners, Operators, and Management Companies Can Take to Mitigate Risk in the Face of Heightened Antitrust...

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Revenue-management tools are ubiquitous across sectors, but many hotel owners, operators, and management companies use such tools on a daily basis. As these products have improved, many have incorporated algorithms enabling...more

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DOJ Challenges Use of Certain Pricing Algorithms

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On August 23, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued real estate software company RealPage alleging the company’s software reduces competition between landlords, resulting in inflated rents and less favorable lease terms...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ Rages Against the Machine: The Feds and Several States Accuse RealPage of Helping Landlords Collude and Monopolizing...

After more than a year of scrutiny and commenting on lawsuits brought by others, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) finally entered the algorithmic price-fixing fray in its own right. On August 23, 2024, DOJ, along with eight...more

Kerr Russell

Price Collusion in the Crosshairs

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There has been a spate of legislation and lawsuits targeting the use of software that gives visibility to competitors’ prices. This allows firms to adjust their prices, either undercutting the competition or setting a de...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

DOJ Addresses Pricing Technologies

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In a recent interview, Jonathan Kanter, the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, shared his thoughts on the use of technology in setting and advertising prices....more

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Algorithmic Prices and Industry Data Reporting Under the Antitrust Microscope

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Federal and state antitrust enforcers, as well as private plaintiffs, are actively investigating and challenging both the companies using pricing algorithms, and the software vendors or the data analytics firms providing the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ "Triples Down" on View that Use of Pricing Algorithms Can Support Price-Fixing Claims

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The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 28, 2024, weighed in for the third time in recent months in support of plaintiffs in class action lawsuits challenging the defendants' use of software to...more

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