On August 15, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit raised the bar for bringing antitrust claims against companies that provide or use pricing algorithms. The decision begins to ...

Judge Carlos T. Bea, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit speaking during a panel discussion at the Federalist Society s 2018 National Lawyers Convention, held at The Mayflower Hotel in ...

The Department of Justice and eight state attorneys general filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in August against RealPage Inc. – a Texas-based software company that provides property management software ...

Companies are increasingly using pricing algorithms and other AI systems to develop and improve their ability to promptly respond to market conditions, innovate product offerings, and set prices.

Hotel pricing by gut instinct and Excel spreadsheets is out. Operators are finally getting serious about revenue management. “Heads in beds.” That simple mantra drove the hotel business for decades.

Online shoppers in New York are now seeing a new warning on product pages thanks to consumer protection legislation that took effect in early November. Particularly noticeable during Black Friday ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

Minnesota legislators introduced a bill Feb. 19 to ban rent-fixing algorithms to prevent landlords from artificially using shared data to inflate rent prices. Rent price algorithms have increased rent ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.