IN RE: Realpage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II)

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:23-md-03071

Court:

Tennessee Middle

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation, Class Action

Judge:

Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr

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  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. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.