PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Since moving to Indian Rocks Beach in 2016, Jorge Blassino has witnessed the transformation of his community. Dozens of homes are currently offered for short-term rentals and vacation homes can be rented on websites such as AirBNB and VRBO. “It’s almost like you close your eyes and as soon as you […]
OLYMPIA – Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has joined with the U.S. Department of Justice and eight state attorneys general to file a lawsuit accusing RealPage, a nationwide revenue management software company, of colluding with landlords to raise rent prices. According to a press release, RealPage is the leading revenue management software system for […]
The National Association of Real Estate Agents (NAR) is facing another lawsuit. The latest lawsuit, which seeks class action status, was filed Friday by eight real estate agents in Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The lawsuit alleges that NAR, along with Move Inc., Moving sales, OpCity Acquisitions, OpCity Inc. And REA Group GmbH. — […]
Oregon and Washington, along with six other states and the federal government, have joined an antitrust lawsuit against real estate company Real Page, accusing the company of using data to artificially inflate rental prices. The lawsuit alleges that the real estate software company and landlords illegally colluded to increase their profits by using an algorithm […]
WASHINGTON (TN) — A real estate software company is being sued by the Justice Department and several states for allegedly allowing landlords to raise rents. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and other federal prosecutors announced Friday that RealPage Inc.’s software enabled landlords to raise rents across the United States. The government filed the lawsuit against […]
Bark If You’re Dirty, a pet store with locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale, will pay $340,000 and seek other injunctive relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced Aug. 23. According to the lawsuit, a male manager at the Phoenix store and a male employee at […]
Bark If You’re Dirty, a pet store with locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale, will pay $340,000 and seek other injunctive relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced Aug. 23. According to the lawsuit, a male manager at the Phoenix store and a male employee at […]
Bark If You’re Dirty, a pet store with locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale, will pay $340,000 and seek other injunctive relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced Aug. 23. According to the lawsuit, a male manager at the Phoenix store and a male employee at […]
The Ministry of Justice (DOJ) continues to target alleged antitrust violations in the real estate industry. The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against RealPage on Friday, claiming that the company’s YieldStar and AI Revenue Management (AIRM) software allowed multifamily landlords to artificially inflate rents by sharing private information that was fed through the platform’s […]
The Justice Department and eight states filed suit against real estate company RealPage on Friday, alleging that the company facilitated anti-competitive agreements among landlords nationwide that artificially inflated rents. The lawsuit is the latest step by the Biden administration in an aggressive strategy to target anticompetitive behavior by large corporations. In announcing the lawsuit, Attorney […]
