The settlement stops well short of a sweeping overhaul or outright ban of algorithmic rent-setting that critics had sought. Instead, the consent decree largely formalizes existing restrictions while ...

ALBANY — Artificial Intelligence companies have the right to decide how much New Yorkers pay in rent, according to a federal lawsuit filed against the state attorney general's office last week on ...

Real estate software company RealPage filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against New York Attorney General Letitia James to block a new law targeting landlords and companies that use algorithms to set ...

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Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other’s moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...

RealPage Inc. agrees to a major settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve allegations that its rent-pricing software facilitated illegal “algorithmic collusion” among landlords.

The Department of Justice on Monday agreed to settle an antitrust suit that alleged software maker RealPage created a program that landlords and property managers — including some operating on Long ...

The proposed settlement between defendant RealPage Inc. and the U.S. Department of Justice includes no financial penalties or admissions of wrongdoing but would require RealPage to make behavioral ...

Last year, the Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against software company RealPage, accusing it of manipulating the rental housing market and driving up prices. Now, the DoJ has announced ...

RealPage has agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit raised by the Department of Justice, alleging that landlords used its tools to coordinate efforts to artificially raise rental prices across the US.

The Justice Department had accused the real estate software company of enabling landlords to charge tenants more than free-market rates. By David McCabe The Justice Department said on Monday that it ...