Plaintiffs seek rehearing in US appeal of antitrust case against Las Vegas hotels, Cendyn
( September 29, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs bringing US price-fixing claims against MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, other Las Vegas hotels and Cendyn Group asked a US appeals court to rehear their case after it affirmed dismissal. They said that for more than a hundred years, courts have recognized that written contractual agreements are analyzed under the rule of reason. “The panel defied this precedent and created a new exception to this rule for certain categories of contracts: privileging supply-chain labels over market effects, the opinion forecloses rule-of-reason analysis based on who the parties are, not what the restraint does.”See attached file. ...
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