Pluralistic: California bans algorithmic price-fixing (09 Oct 2025)

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California bans algorithmic price-fixing: Bye-bye, Realpage.
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Pluralistic: For 40 years, Big Meat has openly colluded to rig prices (04 Oct 2023)

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For 40 years, Big Meat has openly colluded to rig prices: A long-overdue antitrust beatdown for Agri Stats.
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