Gibson, et al. v. Cendyn Group, LLC, et al.
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January 01, 2025
Residential Real Estate Cases To Watch In 2025
Attorneys who advise real estate firms are keeping a close eye on how antitrust law is applied to the real estate market as the use of revenue-management tools and pricing algorithms becomes widespread among their clients.
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December 19, 2024
Casinos Say DOJ Has No 'Starting Point' For Room Rates
Las Vegas casino hotels urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday not to revive the first algorithmic price-fixing case to reach an appeals court, in a brief that took direct aim at the Justice Department's amicus intervention in the room rate lawsuit.
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October 25, 2024
'Starting Point' Algorithm Enough To Fix Prices, DOJ Says
The Justice Department is using the first algorithmic price-fixing case to reach an appeals court to argue that just because an algorithm only set "starting points" doesn't make its use legal, in a Ninth Circuit amicus brief backing efforts to revive a room rate lawsuit against Las Vegas casino hotels.
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October 04, 2024
Antitrust Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Price-Fixing Suit
Three antitrust advocacy groups asked the Ninth Circuit to resuscitate a proposed class action accusing several hotel operators and two software companies in Nevada federal court of engaging in a price-fixing scheme involving algorithmic software.