( October 31, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Property managers, landlords and other defendants involved in a private price-fixing case against RealPage and landlords opposed four state attorneys generals' ask for a US federal judge to refuse approving settlements. The attorneys general for Maryland, New Jersey and the District of Columbia "try to threaten resolution of this case so they can seek duplicative damages and attorneys’ fees for the private law firms that represent them on contingency," said the defendants' response to the state AG's statement of interest filed to the Middle District of Tennessee. The settlement agreements expressly release class members' parens patriae claims that arise from allegations in the MDL complaint, defendants said, and permitting dueling claims to proceed "would license double recoveries" because class members could recover under an AG-driven litigation, they said.See attached document....
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