( August 15, 2025, 20:35 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The choice of several competitors to contract with the same service-provider, when followed by higher prices, is not sufficient to require antitrust scrutiny under the rule of reason, a US appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of price-fixing claims against MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, other Las Vegas hotels and Cendyn Group. “Section 1 requires a causal link between a contested agreement and an anticompetitive restraint of trade in the relevant market, but here, neither the terms nor the operation of the disputed software licensing agreements imposed any such anticompetitive restraints in the market of hotel-room rentals on the Las Vegas strip,” the panel concluded.See attached file. ...
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