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Two recent Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division settlements — one with rental pricing software provider RealPage and the other with meat industry benchmarking firm Agri Stats — continue antitrust enforcers' scrutiny of information sharing arrangements. Alongside other recent DOJ statements and private lawsuits, the settlements offer practical guidance for when competitor information exchanges may draw scrutiny: Risk turns on the nature of the information shared and how firms use it.
DOJ lawsuits and settlements underscore consistent themes
The DOJ sued RealPage in 2024 and Agri Stats in 2023, and the parties settled in November 2025 and May 2026, respectively. Although the industries and intermediaries differ, both matters focus on what data moved between competitors and how that data affects competitive decision-making.
