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Las Vegas hotels, Cendyn win price-fixing suit as US appeals court affirms dismissal

By Khushita Vasant ( August 16, 2025, 00:03 GMT | Insight) -- Las Vegas hotels and Cendyn — which provided the hotels with an algorithmic tool to set hotel room rates — did not have a vertical relationship, and there was no causal link showing an agreement and an anticompetitive restraint that led to higher prices, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said today. In a 34-page opinion, a panel of three judges affirmed the dismissal of price-fixing claims against MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, other Las Vegas hotels and Cendyn Group.Las Vegas hotels and Cendyn, which provided the hotels with an algorithmic tool to set hotel room rates, did not have a vertical relationship and there was no causal link showing an agreement and an anticompetitive restraint that led to higher prices, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said today....

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