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The Implementation of Algorithmic Pricing and Its Impact on Businesses, Consumers, and Policymakers: Algorithmic pricing raises concerns about collusion and antitrust enforcement

Berkley Technology Law Journal

In September 2023, the FTC, along with 19 states, filed a lawsuit against Amazon , alleging that the company used three different algorithmic pricing models to sustain its monopoly power. The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in October 2026. In August 2024, the DOJ, along with 8 other states, filed a lawsuit against RealPage Inc.,

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Farmers Fight for the Right to Repair: How the FTC’s Lawsuit Against Deere & Company Impacts Agriculture

Brett Trout

Key allegations include: Software Lockdown: Deeres fully functional repair software, Service ADVISOR, is available only to its authorized dealers. Market Control: By withholding the essential software, Deere has allegedly maintained a 100% market share in certain repair services, effectively eliminating competition.

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Tesla Lawsuit Update: New Evidence Reveals Executive Awareness of Autopilot Risks

Trellis.Law Blog

In April, Tesla will be back in court over allegations that the company’s autopilot driver-assist software is defective and led to a fatal 2018 car accident that took the life of a former Apple employee in California.

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California Class Action Alert: First of Its Kind Geolocation Lawsuit by Drivers Against License Plate Data Misuse

Trellis.Law Blog

In 2021, California resident Guillermo Mata sued Digital Recognition Network (“DRN”), a Texas-based, privately owned, automatic license plate recognition and data analytics software provider. The complaint alleges DRN violated California’s Automated License Plate Recognition (“ALPR”) statute.

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Swifties’ Ticketmaster Lawsuit Reveals ‘Anti-Hero’ Behavior

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Instead of seeking an injunction to block the merger in 2010, the antitrust division of the DOJ under the Obama administration allowed the proposed merger to proceed under two conditions : that Ticketmaster divest itself of one of its ticketing divisions and that it license its software to a competitor.

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Court Greenlights TikTok Content Moderators’ Lawsuit–Young v. ByteDance

Eric Goldman

The lawsuit claims the BPOs were TikTok’s proxies. TikTok required content moderators to use its proprietary “TCS” software to review its videos, and it exercised “full control” over that software. TikTok enforced these quotas by “constantly surveil[ling]” moderators through its software. Facebook and Aguilo v.

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New Privacy Software Helps Lawyers Defend Against Rising Pixel, Tracker, and Session Recording Lawsuits

Law Technology Today

Over 18 class-action lawsuits have been filed against hospitals and counting, alleging they are sharing health data via online trackers. Besides healthcare, we’ve seen plaintiffs’ attorneys bring class-action lawsuits related to sharing video streaming data from websites to Facebook via the Meta pixel under the Video Privacy Protection Act.