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Garland condemns “escalation of attacks” and threats against Justice Department employees

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Garland condemns “escalation of attacks” and threats against Justice Department employees

In a speech to Justice Department employees on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland condemned “an escalation of attacks” on the department and spoke out against “conspiracy theories, dangerous falsehoods” and “threats of actual violence” that he said would endanger the department’s staff in the run-up to the election. Speaking at the department’s headquarters in Washington, […]

USA accuses Russian RT network of election manipulation worth $10 million

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USA accuses Russian RT network of election manipulation worth million

US authorities accuse Russia of election manipulation US authorities took coordinated action against individuals linked to the Russian government and accused them of influencing elections. WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has charged two Russian nationals with directing a $10 million campaign to influence the 2024 election through online platforms that inundated millions of Americans with […]

Justice Department charges Russians who used Tennessee company to spread false information

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USA accuses Russian RT network of election manipulation worth million

US authorities accuse Russia of election manipulation US authorities took coordinated action against individuals linked to the Russian government and accused them of influencing elections. An indictment released Wednesday alleges that a Tennessee-based content creation company was the tool of a team of Russian propagandists to infiltrate U.S. audiences with Kremlin-backed messages. Two Russian nationals […]

With his attack on RealPage, Merrick Garland ignores the rental market

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With his attack on RealPage, Merrick Garland ignores the rental market

UKRAINE – 21.06.2021: This photo illustration shows a RealPage logo of a US software company … (+) on a smartphone and a PC screen. (Photo illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Prices are information. It’s simple. That’s why government attempts to distort prices or keep them artificially low […]

RealPage ‘open to solutions’ to settle Justice Department lawsuit over rental data

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RealPage ‘open to solutions’ to settle Justice Department lawsuit over rental data

Justice Department claims RealPage software helped landlords collude over rents The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that RealPage used technology to help landlords share information about leases, thereby keeping rent high for millions of tenants. WASHINGTON — A lawyer for RealPage, a company sued by the Justice Department for allegedly helping landlords maintain high rents, […]

USA claims software program is intended to increase rent prices

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USA claims software program is intended to increase rent prices

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter to file charges against RealPage (Anna Moneymaker) US prosecutors on Friday filed comprehensive antitrust charges against a property management software company. The company is accused of using algorithms to facilitate collusion between landlords and thus harm tenants in numerous US markets. The Department […]

US Department of Justice and Cal AG sue RealPage over pricing that allegedly hurts millions of renters

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US Department of Justice and Cal AG sue RealPage over pricing that allegedly hurts millions of renters

Especially for the avant-garde The Justice Department on Friday, along with the attorneys general of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against RealPage Inc. The plaintiff accuses the company of an illegal scheme to reduce competition among landlords in apartment pricing and to monopolize the market […]

California joins price-fixing lawsuit against rental website RealPage

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California joins price-fixing lawsuit against rental website RealPage

Justice Department claims RealPage software helped landlords collude over rents The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that RealPage used technology to help landlords share information about leases, thereby keeping rent high for millions of tenants. The Justice Department and attorneys general from eight states, including California and Oregon, filed a lawsuit Friday accusing the web-based […]

DOJ files rent-fixing lawsuit against preferred software company for commercial landlords

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DOJ files rent-fixing lawsuit against preferred software company for commercial landlords

Executives at property management software company RealPage claimed they had the “common good” in mind when they offered a price-fixing algorithm to commercial landlords, the U.S. Justice Department said in filing suit against the company on Friday. But the system allegedly drove up rents in communities across the country, contributing to the housing crisis. The […]

Justice Department claims RealPage helped landlords drive up rents

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Justice Department claims RealPage helped landlords drive up rents

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 […]