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Self-represented plaintiffs rose from about 11% to roughly 17% of federal civil cases after generative AI arrived, and docket activity per case is up 38%. Two studies find AI-drafted complaints do not win more often. For landlords the exposure is procedural cost.
Read the briefingJBG Smith ($8.1M) and MAA ($1.2M) agreed to settle Washington, D.C.'s RealPage antitrust suit. The consent orders go beyond a data ban: for eight to 10 years, neither may use D.C. pricing tools that reward accepting prices, auto-accept without user limits, or make batch rejection materially harder.
Read the briefingPinnacle agreed to a proposed DOJ consent decree filed Sept. 4; Camden Property Trust is the only one of the six landlords Multifamily Dive lists that has not settled. The decrees bar pricing on competitors' nonpublic data; here is what pricing-software users should check this week.
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