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IN RE: Realpage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II), Case No. 3:23-md-3071 (PACER access required)
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has transferred a number of actions to the Middle District of Tennessee. Individual plaintiffs, who lived in certain multifamily apartment rental housing beginning in 2016, have sued RealPage, Inc., alleging antitrust violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. RealPage is a software company that sells revenue management software and services to multifamily housing owners and property managers. This revenue management software recommends pricing for apartments within multifamily housing properties. Plaintiffs allege multifamily rental housing markets throughout the United States have been tainted by an illegal, horizontal price-fixing conspiracy between RealPage and the multifamily housing property owners and managers. The conspiracy is facilitated by RealPage’s revenue management software. Plaintiffs allege that horizontal competitor properties delegate their pricing decisions to RealPage. In turn, RealPage co-mingles these competitors’ commercially sensitive pricing and supply data and uses that data to price units within competitors’ properties. By co-mingling their sensitive pricing and supply data within RealPage’s revenue management software, horizontal competitors conspire to fix prices in the multifamily rental housing market.
MDL Lead and Liaison Counsel Contacts
| Counsel Role | Name/Firm | ||
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| Plaintiffs' Interim Co-Lead Counsel | Patrick J. Coughlin Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law LLP 600 W. Broadway Ste 3300 San Diego, CA 92101 619-233-4565 Email: pcoughlin@scott-scott.com |
Stacey Slaughter Robins Kaplan LLP 800 Lasalle Avenue Suite 2800 Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015 612-349-8500 Email: sslaughter@robinskaplan.com |
Swathi Bojedla Hausfeld LLP 888 16th St. Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 202-540-7200 Email: sbojedla@hausfeld.com |
| Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel | Tricia Herzfeld Herzfeld, Suetholz, Gastel, Leniski & Wall, PLLC 223 Rosa L Parks Avenue Suite 300 Nashville, TN 37203 615-800-6225 Email: tricia@hsglawgroup.com |
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| Plaintiffs' Steering Committee | Brendan P. Glackin Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP 275 Battery Street 29th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 415-956-1000 Email: bglackin@lchb.com |
Daniel J Walker
MIchaela Wallin
Berger Montague PC 2001 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 202-559-9740 Email: dwalker@bm.net Email: mwallin@bm.net
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Joseph Saveri Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP 601 California St. Ste 1000 San Francisco, CA 94108 O: (415) 500-6800 C: 415-425-0856 Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com |
| Daniel Herrera Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP 135 S. LaSalle, Ste. 3210 O: 312-782-4880 C: 708-275-2973 Email: dherrera@caffertyclobes.com |
Christian Levis Lowey Dannenberg, P.C. 44 S. Broadway, Ste 1100 White Plains, NY 10601 O: (914) 997-0500 C: 914-469-3162 Email: clevis@lowey.com |
Walter Noss Korein Tillery P.C. 707 Broadway, Ste. 1410 San Diego, CA 92101 O: (619) 625-5622 C: 216-224-4375 Email: wnoss@koreintillery.com |
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| Benjamin Widlanski Koyzak Tropin & Throckmorton LLP 2525 Ponce De Leon Blvd., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33134 O: 305-372-1800 C: 646-256-1441 Email: bwidlanski@kttlaw.com |
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| Defendants' Lead Liason Counsel | Jay P Srinivasan Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 333 S Grand Ave Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 213-229-7296 Email: jsrinivasan@gibsondunn.com |
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| Defendants' Steering Committee | Jay P Srinivasan Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 333 S Grand Ave Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 213-229-7296 Email: jsrinivasan@gibsondunn.com |
Britt Marie Miller Mayer Brown LLP 71 S Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 312-782-0600 Email: bmiller@mayerbrown.com |
David D. Cross Goodwin Procter LLP 1900 N Street NW Washington, DC 20036 202-346-4000 Email: dcross@goodwinlaw.com |
| Gregory J. Casas Greenberg Traurig, LLP 300 West 6th Street Suite 2050 Austin, TX 78701 512-320-7238 Email: casasg@gtlaw.com |
Carl W Hittinger Baker & Hostetler LLP 1735 Market St. STE 3300 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 215-564-2898 Email: chittinger@bakerlaw.com |
Karen Hoffman Lent Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flow LLP One Manhattan West New York, NY 10001 212-735-3000 Email: karen.lent@skadden.com |
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Upcoming Proceedings
| Date | Time (CST) | Location | Description |
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| February 16, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. | Courtroom 6B | Hearing on Joint Proposed Rule 26(f) Report and Case Management Order (See Doc. No. 693) |
Select Orders (Free public access)
- Doc. No. 693 - Order setting deadlines/hearing following telephonic status conference (Jan. 5, 2024)
- Doc. No. 691 - Omnibus Order resolving several motions to dismiss (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Doc. No. 690 - Memorandum Opinion regarding Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Student Plaintiffs' First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (Doc. No. 587) and Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Multifamily Plaintiffs' Second Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (Doc. No. 592) (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Doc. No. 689 - Memorandum Opinion regarding Defendants' Motion to Enforce Class Action Waivers (Doc. No. 590) (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Doc. No. 688 - Memorandum Opinion regarding Certain Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Plead Agency Liability (Doc. No. 581) (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Doc. No. 687 - Memorandum Opinion regarding the Motion to Dismiss LRO Claims for Failure to State a Claim (Doc. No. 580) (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Doc. No. 686 - Memorandum Opinion regarding TREV Management II LLC's Motion to Dismiss Student-Housing Plaintiffs' First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Doc. No. 685 - Memorandum Opinion regarding Thoma Bravo Defendants' Motions to Dismiss Multifamily Plaintiffs' Second Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (Doc. No. 570) and the Student Plaintiffs' First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (Doc. No. 572) (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Doc. No. 278 - Order Appointing Counsel (June 13, 2023)
- Doc. No. 243 - Order following Initial Status Conference (June 1, 2023)
- Doc. No. 3 - Order - Setting Initial Status Conference (April 19, 2023)
Select Entries (Free public access)
- Doc. No. 2 - Practice and Procedures Notice (April 19, 2023)
JPML Transfer Orders
- Doc. No. 996 - Certified CTO-7 & Schedule of Transferred Cases (Oct. 4, 2024)
- Doc. No. 540 - Certified CTO-5 & Schedule of Transferred Cases (Sept. 11, 2023)
- Doc. No. 457 - Certified CTO-4 & Schedule of Transferred Cases (Aug. 2, 2023)
- Doc. No. 407 - Certified CTO-3 & Schedule of Transferred Cases (July 26, 2023)
- Doc. No. 7 - Certified CTO-2 & Schedule of Transferred Cases (April 26, 2023)
- Doc. No. 4 - Certified CTO-1 & Schedule of Transferred Cases (April 20, 2023)
- Doc. No. 1 - JMPL Initial Transfer Order & Schedule of Transferred Cases (April 12, 2023)
TNMD Resources:
- Local Rules of Court
- Judge Crenshaw's Judicial Preferences - Among other matters, Judge Crenshaw requests that counsel not contact Chambers Staff unless otherwise instructed to do so.
- NextGen CM/ECF Registration Information
- Instructions for Filing in Master and Member Case(s)
- MDL 3071 Case Number Cross-reference Table
- Instructions for Filing Documents Under Seal
- Form Pro Hac Vice Motion - NOTE: Certificates of Good Standing must be from a United States District Court or a United States appellate court. State bar certificates of good standing are not acceptable for pro hac vice admission.
MDL Resources:
- JPML Case MDL No. 3071 (PACER access required)
- JPML Rules & Resources
Court Contacts for MDL 3071:
- For CM/ECF registration or filing assistance contact the CM/ECF Help Desk at 615-695-2888.
- For questions, contact the Clerk's Office at MDL3071@tnmd.uscourts.gov.
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