August 08, 2025
Greystar Management Services LLC has reached an agreement to resolve rent price-fixing claims brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, which has gone after several landlords allegedly using algorithms to coordinate rent prices, and will cooperate in the case against RealPage, the agency announced Friday.
May 24, 2024
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.
February 12, 2024
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.
January 02, 2024
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.
December 08, 2023
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.
November 27, 2023
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.
November 16, 2023
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.
November 09, 2023
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.
October 16, 2023
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.
August 14, 2023
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.