Penalty Amount
$7,000,000
Attorney General Ellison, as part of a bipartisan coalition of nine attorneys general, announced a $7 million settlement with property management company LivCor, LLC. The settlement resolves allegations that LivCor used RealPage's revenue management system to illegally share and gather confidential pricing information with competing landlords, enabling them to keep rental prices artificially high. LivCor must cease using such software, refrain from sharing competitively sensitive information, establish an antitrust compliance program, and cooperate in ongoing litigation against RealPage.
LivCor must pay $7 million in penalties and fees, cease use of any revenue management software that uses competitors' nonpublic pricing data, refrain from sharing competitively sensitive pricing information with rivals, establish an antitrust compliance and training program, accept a court-appointed monitor if it uses a third-party pricing algorithm not certified per the consent decree, and cooperate fully with the states' ongoing litigation against RealPage and remaining defendants.
In-house legal teams should review vendor agreements with property management software providers, particularly any revenue management or pricing algorithm services. Key clauses to examine include data sharing provisions (whether the vendor shares nonpublic pricing data with competitors), confidentiality obligations (ensuring competitively sensitive information is not disclosed), and compliance with antitrust laws. Additionally, contracts should include representations and warranties that the vendor's software does not facilitate price fixing or collusion, and require the vendor to certify that its algorithms do not use competitors' data. Any agreements with third-party pricing algorithm providers should be scrutinized for similar risks.
Entity
LivCor, LLC
Industry
Real Estate"LivCor, LLC (LivCor)"
"$7 million settlement"
"used RealPage’s revenue management system to align rental prices with competing landlords by illegally sharing and gathering confidential pricing information"
"Cease use of any revenue management software that uses competitors’ nonpublic pricing data to generate rent recommendations"
"bipartisan coalition of nine attorneys general"
"attorneys general of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Tennessee"
$7.0M
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, as part of a bipartisan coalition of nine attorneys general, announced a $7 million settlement with LivCor, LLC for its role in an algorithmic rent-fixing scheme. LivCor allegedly used RealPage's revenue management software to share and gather confidential pricing information with competing landlords, artificially inflating rental prices. The settlement requires LivCor to cease using such software, pay $7 million in penalties, and cooperate in ongoing litigation against RealPage.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit in Hennepin County against C4D, LLC, its owners Travis Benoit and Steven Legatt, and related entity Five Points Properties, LLC, alleging 18 counts of violating the Minnesota Human Rights Act, federal lending laws, and state consumer-fraud and contract-for-deed laws. The complaint alleges the defendants sold homes through predatory contracts for deed with inflated prices, hidden finance charges, and large annual balloon payments that leave buyers immediately underwater and forfeit all equity upon default, while targeting Somali-American Muslims on the basis of religion and national origin — a form of 'reverse redlining.' The AG seeks an injunction, civil penalties, and cancellation or reformation of existing contracts; no penalty amounts have been determined.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the first round of restitution, issuing 8 refund checks totaling $38,634 to consumers harmed by Omega Dental Care, a defunct Eden Prairie dental clinic owned and operated by Anne Soberay. The refunds, paid from the state's Consumer Protection Restitution Account (CPRA), compensate consumers who paid out of pocket for dental services that were never provided. The refunds follow an earlier settlement between the AG's office and Omega Dental Care and Soberay. Note: this is a consumer protection (non-delivery of services) action, not a privacy enforcement action; no privacy violation types from the taxonomy apply.
$100K
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that used car dealer Midwest Car Search and its owner Scott Spiczka agreed to reform their business practices and pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated Minnesota's Used Car Law and other consumer-protection laws through five deceptive practices, including fake 'certified' claims, illegally added vehicle service contracts, denied warranties, missing Buyer's Guide disclosures, and operating under an unregistered trade name that exploited Spanish speakers. The settlement resolves the AG's April 23, 2024 lawsuit and makes permanent a prior court order requiring the dealer to cease the deceptive conduct. Note: this is a consumer-protection enforcement action, not a privacy matter, so violation-type mapping to the privacy taxonomy is approximate.
The Minnesota Attorney General entered into a 10-year oversight agreement with Sanford Health and North Memorial Health to allow their merger to proceed, conditioned on commitments to invest $600 million in Minnesota hospitals, maintain core services including the Level 1 trauma center at Robbinsdale Hospital, honor collective-bargaining agreements, and maintain charity care and government program participation. The agreement also requires quarterly meetings and annual reporting to the Attorney General for 10 years.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed an opposition to X.AI's motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block enforcement of Minnesota's anti-nudification law, which bans commercial platforms from allowing users to generate synthetic intimate images of real people. The court previously denied X.AI's motion for a temporary restraining order, and the law took effect August 1, 2026. The AG argues X.AI cannot show irreparable harm and is unlikely to prevail on the merits of its First Amendment claims.