RealPage

RealPage reached a settlement with the Department of Justice resolving a federal antitrust suit that accused its software of enabling landlords to drive up rents through algorithmic coordination. Under the proposed deal, RealPage cannot use nonpublic real-time data to produce price recommendations; any nonpublic data used to train pricing algorithms must be at least one year old. The company agreed to no damages and admitted no wrongdoing; the settlement requires judicial approval and does not include several states that had joined the lawsuit. » Más en abcnews.go.com

The Department of Justice reached a settlement with RealPage that limits the company’s collection and use of competing landlords' data and prohibits using it to set rents. If approved, RealPage must base its pricing algorithm only on landlord data at least 12 months old and remove or redesign features that discourage price cuts or prompt price matching. The settlement also bars RealPage from offering hyperlocalized block-by-block pricing; RealPage denies any wrongdoing. » Más en theverge.com