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by anywhichway 951 days ago
One potentially critical line from the article:

> Failure to impose the RealPage rents could lead to landlords being expelled from the organization, according to the suit.

Makes this arguably much more over the line than just a bunch of landlords that happen to use the same pricing algorithm. Landlords being pressured to not use the algorithm however they want, say setting their price $100/month below the algorithm, under threat of losing access to the algorithm may be what ultimately loses this trial for them. If that is the case, we may not get to a ruling that resolves the legality of the more general practice of many people using the same pricing algorithm.