Six of the country’s most powerful landlords were named in a lawsuit brought forth by the U.S. Justice Department. Blackstone, Cushman & Wakefield, Greystar, Camden, Pinnacle, Willow Bridge, and Cortland were all implicated.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing six major U.S. landlords for allegedly participating in algorithmic pricing schemes harming millions of renters.

(Reuters) -Cushman & Wakefield was among six large landlords sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged anticompetitive practices in housing rental markets on Tuesday, expanding the DOJ's first case alleging algorithmic collusion.

Two of the apartment landlords sued by DOJ over rent price collusion have properties in Reno. Nevada AG plans to address issue via state legislature.

The Justice Department is adding six major apartment landlords to its lawsuit against real-estate software company RealPage, expanding the scope of its allegations that the rent-setting algorithm enabled illegal price fixing.

The Justice Department, with its state co-plaintiffs, filed an amended complaint Tuesday in its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, to sue Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC (Greystar); Blackstone's LivCor LLC (LivCor);

The U.S. Department of Justice said it’s expanding its antitrust lawsuit against property management software company RealPage, this time adding six landlord companies with national real estate holdings.