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US DOJ asks to participate in oral arguments in Vegas hotels antitrust case

( April 21, 2025, 20:45 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice has asked to participate in oral arguments in an appeal of a Nevada federal judge’s dismissal of antitrust claims accusing Las Vegas hotels of conspiring to fix prices through Cendyn Group’s software platform and pricing tools. In its request to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the DOJ said it believed "that its participation at oral argument would be helpful to the Court." The government previously submitted an amicus brief in the case, arguing that the district court erred in dismissing plaintiffs’ claim of an unlawful set of vertical agreements between Cendyn and the casino hotels because the court misconstrued the statutory phrase, “in restraint of trade,” by reducing it to whether the challenged agreements eliminated all pricing discretion.See attached file....

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