July 28, 2026
An Illinois federal judge seemed skeptical Tuesday that a construction equipment rental benchmarking service that allegedly facilitates an illegal rate-fixing scheme among major rental companies includes the sort of enforcement mechanism that would prevent their independent implementation of that data.
January 12, 2026
Construction equipment rental companies including United Rentals, Herc, The Home Depot and others have told an Illinois federal court the benchmarking service they use provides a wide range of prices and doesn't help them fix rental rates.
April 23, 2025
The construction equipment rental industry is the latest to face claims of algorithmic collusion, with several suits filed in the last few weeks accusing United Rentals, Herc, The Home Depot and others of using the same third-party service to set prices.