IN RE: Realpage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II)
Case Number:
3:23-md-03071
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Multi-district Litigation, Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Adams & Reese
- Allen Matkins
- ArentFox Schiff
- Bailey Brauer
- Baker Botts
- Baker Donelson
- Baker & Hostetler
- Baker Lopez
- Barrack Rodos
- Bass Berry
- Bell Nunnally
- Berger Montague
- BoiesBattin
- Bradley Arant
- Bradley Bernstein Sands
- Bryan Cave
- Bursor & Fisher
- Byrnes Keller
- Cafferty Clobes
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Corr Cronin
- Cotchett Pitre
- Cozen O'Connor
- Criden & Love
- Davis Wright
- DiCello Levitt
- Dickinson Wright
- Dimond Kaplan
- Edelson PC
- Foley & Lardner
- Frazer PLC
- Fried Frank
- Gallagher Evelius
- Gibson Dunn
- Goodspeed Merrill
- Goodwin Procter
- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
- Greenberg Traurig
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hagens Berman
- Hartley LLP
- Hausfeld LLP
- Haynes & Boone
- Herzfeld Suetholz
- Hogan Lovells
- Holland & Knight
- Hughes Hubbard
- Israel David LLC
- Jackson Walker LLP
- Jameson Pepple
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Karr Tuttle
- King & Ballow
- King & Spalding
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Korein Tillery
- Kozyak Tropin
- Lane Powell
- Latham & Watkins
- Levin Sedran
- Lewis Brisbois
- Lewis Roca
- Lieff Cabraser
- Locke Lord
- Lockridge Grindal
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Martin Tate
- Mayer Brown
- Maynard Nexsen
- McGuireWoods
- McKool Smith
- Montgomery Purdue
- Morrison Foerster
- Neal & Harwell
- Nicoll Black
- Norton Rose
- Ogden Murphy
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Paul Hastings
- Quinn Emanuel
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Riley & Jacobson
- Robins Kaplan
- Schneider Wallace
- Schwabe Williamson
- Scott&Scott
- Sheppard Mullin
- Sherrard Roe
- Shook Hardy
- Shuman Glenn
- Sidley Austin
- Sims Funk
- Skadden Arps
- Spector Roseman
- Spencer Fane
- Steckler Wayne
- Stoel Rives
- Stokes Lawrence
- Stranch Jennings
- Strauss Borrelli
- Summit Law Group
- Terrell Marshall
- Troutman Pepper
- Venable LLP
- Vinson & Elkins
- Weil Gotshal
- Wexler Boley
- Wheeler Trigg
- Wilson Sonsini
- Yarmuth LLP
- Zelle LLP
- Zimmerman Reed
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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.
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February 12, 2024
RealPage Renters Ask To Grow Class Despite Venue Flaw
Renters bringing a class action against RealPage Inc. argued that a Tennessee federal judge overseeing the case has the power to bring in new plaintiffs, even as a group of property management companies claims a petition contains disqualifying flaws.
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January 02, 2024
Judge Keeps RealPage Rent-Fixing MDL Alive
Both sides of an antitrust class action against RealPage and a group of large landlords won victories in Tennessee federal court last week, as a group of multifamily housing renters beat the property management software company's motion to dismiss, but a separate group of student housing renters had their case tossed for failing to plausibly state a Sherman Act claim.
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December 08, 2023
RealPage Defendants Say 4th Circ. Deflates DOJ Claims
Defendants in a class action against RealPage said the Fourth Circuit's recent decision to overturn an antitrust conviction should inform how a judge weighs a U.S. Department of Justice call to continue the price-fixing case in Tennessee federal court.
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November 27, 2023
RealPage, Landlords Say DOJ Wrong On Price-Fixing Claims
RealPage and several landlords accused of using the company's software to fix residential rental rates across the country told a Tennessee federal court the U.S. Department of Justice is trying to improperly expand antitrust law with its statement of interest in the private case.
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November 16, 2023
DOJ Says RealPage Algorithm Amounts To Price-Fixing
The U.S. Department of Justice has told a Tennessee federal judge that a program RealPage landlords are accused of using to set rental costs across the U.S. is simply a new tool to conduct a classic price-fixing scheme, in a statement of interest filed in a proposed class action.
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November 09, 2023
Tenants Oppose Landlords' Dismissal Bids In RealPage MDL
Renters accusing RealPage Inc. and a series of landlords of colluding to control rental costs across the country hit back this week at a bevy of recent requests to toss their case, telling a Tennessee federal judge their updated complaint is sufficiently pleaded and that their claims are in the proper jurisdiction.
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October 16, 2023
DOJ Mulling Statement In RealPage Antitrust Case
The U.S. Department of Justice is considering filing a statement of interest in a cluster of class action litigation accusing RealPage and landlords of breaking antitrust law by using the software company's systems to fix rents in housing markets nationwide.
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August 14, 2023
Judge Denies RealPage Defendants Early Class Action Escape
A fresh round of pleadings and dismissal motions are due next month in the consolidated class action against RealPage and others, after a Tennessee federal judge recently denied a quick win to a group of landlords accused of using the technology company's software to fix rental costs in markets nationwide.
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July 25, 2023
RealPage, Landlords Can't Avoid Antitrust Case, Tenants Say
Plaintiffs accusing RealPage and a series of landlords of colluding on rental costs have told a Tennessee federal judge they laid out a garden-variety price-fixing case that should survive motions to dismiss from earlier this month.