(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Roger Alford, University of Notre Dame (THE CONVERSATION) Of all the reasons it ...

A new motion filed Monday alleges that several top-tier universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, MIT, and Cornell University, operated as a “price-fixing ...

Idaho frozen french fry manufacturers sued for price fixing, forming potato ‘cartel’ By Angela Palermo. Updated November 21, 2024 4:48 PM.

Frozen potato producers are the target of multiple new federal lawsuits alleging that companies have been coordinating their prices through third-party data providers to form a “potato cartel.” ...

Have your french fries become more expensive? A “potato cartel” of leading food producers is to blame, five new federal lawsuits contend. Cavendish Farms, Lamb Weston, McCain Foods and the J.R ...

They claim that manufacturers of frozen potato products are price fixing, and have been for years now. Here’s what we know about the lawsuits. Wilder Shaw / Cheapism ...

How Much Have Frozen Potato Prices Risen? Frozen potato products have increased in price 47% from July 2022 to July 2024, claimed one lawsuit. “In 2021 and again in the spring of 2022, while ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Roger Alford, University of Notre Dame (THE CONVERSATION) Of all the reasons it ...

AMA sues MultiPlan, insurers, alleging ‘cartel’ to fix physician prices MultiPlan, which denies the allegations, has been sued dozens of times over concerns the company is conspiring with ...

The lawsuit, which repeatedly refers to a "MultiPlan Cartel" throughout, describes the alleged price-fixing as a "hub-and-spoke conspiracy" where MultiPlan serves as the hub and insurance ...

In its May 8 filing, CHS alleged, “MultiPlan has created, and continues to orchestrate, an ongoing cartel agreement with competing health insurance companies throughout the United States to bilk ...

Price-fixing, in other words, has entered the algorithmic age, but the laws designed to prevent it have not kept up. Powers said he believes existing antitrust laws cover algorithmic collusion ...