Gibson et al v. CENDYN Group, LLC et al

  1. May 24, 2024

    Software-Aided Price Fixing Under Antitrust Assault

    Claims that companies in the same industry are using software middlemen to fix prices are percolating in federal courts around the country, with cases targeting major operators in residential real estate, hospitality and health insurance, among other areas.

  2. May 13, 2024

    REIT Says Vegas Hotels Win Backs Tossing DC RealPage Suit

    A real estate investment trust seeking out of the D.C. attorney general's rental algorithm price-fixing suit pointed the superior court judge to last week's decision tossing what it said are extremely similar allegations against a group of Las Vegas hotels.

  3. May 10, 2024

    Vegas Hotels, Software Cos. Escape Price-Algorithm Suit

    A Nevada federal judge has permanently tossed a proposed class action that accused two software companies and multiple hotel operators of using an algorithm software in a price-fixing scheme for hotel room prices on the Las Vegas Strip.

  4. April 26, 2024

    Blackstone Must Face Claims Of Price-Fixing At Vegas Hotels

    A Las Vegas hotel price-fixing suit against Blackstone and others has survived the private equity firm's motion to dismiss, with a Nevada federal judge ruling the plaintiffs had shown enough to allege Blackstone was in control of one of the target hotels, the Cosmopolitan Hotel, at the time of the alleged scheme.

  5. October 25, 2023

    Vegas Strip Hotels Temporarily Beat Price-Fixing Claims

    A Nevada federal judge has ruled plaintiffs failed to show any indication hotels on the Las Vegas Strip agreed on a software-based scheme to artificially inflate room prices, dismissing the proposed class action.

  6. July 11, 2023

    Judge Denies Interim Counsel Bid In Hotel Price-Gouging Suit

    A Nevada federal magistrate judge rejected a bid to appoint interim counsel in a proposed class action accusing several Las Vegas hotel casino corporations of using a third-party algorithm to price-gouge consumers for hotel room costs, ruling on Tuesday that appointing interim counsel at this point of the suit isn't needed.

  7. March 28, 2023

    MGM Wants Out Of Vegas Room Rate Collusion Suit

    MGM Resorts has asked a Nevada federal judge to dismiss it from a suit accusing casino-resort owners of colluding to gouge customers on pricing for the majority of their mega-hotels along the Las Vegas Strip, saying the guests who sued fail to show there's a conspiracy.

  8. January 26, 2023

    Vegas Strip Hotels Sued For Colluding To Charge Higher Rates

    Two frequent visitors to Las Vegas filed a proposed class action in Nevada federal court accusing owners of colluding to gouge prices for the vast majority of the mega-hotel casinos along the Strip, which is the mecca for the city's tourists.