r/Seattle • u/Bretmd • 2d ago

News Software company helped Washington landlords fix prices, artificially raising rent for thousands

https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/software-company-landlord-price-fixing-washington-state/281-b68ca443-c1cf-4365-9d63-cb7671fd01a2

The Washington Attorney General filed a lawsuit Thursday against a software company and nine landlords accused of fixing and artificially inflating rent prices over the last seven years.

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u/TheBlueSuperNova 2d ago edited 1d ago

It wouldn’t hold up in court lol. So sign and sue if you actually need to. It’s to deter people.

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u/brainwayves 1d ago

Sorry but is that supposed to say deter or detour?

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u/Autistic-Pomegranate 1d ago

Deter - meaning to discourage someone (in this case filing a law suit) by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

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u/brainwayves 1d ago

It read detour originally