( May 30, 2026, 00:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and the states of Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and Washington moved for limited intervention in private plaintiffs' settlements with apartment landlords and property managers in antitrust litigation over RealPage rental software. In a court filing, the state attorneys general requested that a Tennessee federal judge permit limited intervention and clarify the recently entered preliminary settlement approval orders "to confirm that the Orders do not apply to the States’ pending sovereign and parens patriae actions against the Overlap Defendants." They added, "As written, the Orders could be construed to enjoin sovereign enforcement claims and remedies that belong exclusively to the States — and therefore fall outside the scope of this MDL — in violation of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 65 and 52, and the Anti-Injunction Act."See attached document....
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