By Adrianne Appel2025-08-11T20:24:00
Greystar Management, the largest apartment manager in the U.S., has agreed to halt its use of a certain algorithm program to set prices under a Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed settlement aimed at ending the company’s alleged rental price fixing.
Greystar, which manages almost 950,000 apartments nationwide, allegedly shared data with five competitors in order for the RealPage algorithm program to generate pricing recommendations, DOJ’s Antitrust Division said in the proposed settlement.
The companies also discussed rent setting and pricing strategies, all of which violate anticompetitive rules, the DOJ said.
2025-07-10T19:31:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Google has once again been hit with an antitrust complaint. This time, it’s not about its Chrome browser or Google Search business, but instead the company’s use of AI.
2025-05-23T18:33:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have bolstered a conservative legal effort to dismantle environmental, social, and governance-based investment strategies from three large asset managers by claiming they illegally conspired to artificially raise energy prices.
2019-07-18T15:47:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
The European Commission has fined Qualcomm 242 million Euros (U.S. $271 million) for anti-competitive behavior in violation of EU antitrust rules. Qualcomm says it has done nothing wrong and will appeal the finding.
2025-08-29T17:48:00Z By Ruth Prickett
The U.K. will start cracking down on companies under the new Failure to Prevent Fraud law on Sept. 1, with the Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office ready to enforce it.
2025-08-28T18:44:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Trump administration has intensified its fight with California as the DOJ launched an investigation into whether the state’s environmental agency is violating federal law by pursuing racial equity.
2025-08-27T14:11:00Z By Adrianne Appel and Oscar Gonzalez
Synapse Financial Technologies, the troubled California fintech software provider, has agreed to let the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) eventually file a claim on its bankrupt estate.
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