Business empires have long used “refusal to deal” tactics to protect their monopolies — but now, judges are pushing back. 
      
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 A reporter gets handed a potato chip bag stuffed with payola. 
      
   Corporate apartment giant Greystar has agreed to end its use of RealPage’s algorithmic rent-setting software after allegations of price-fixing. 
      
   Trump’s cryptocurrency allies convinced the administration to buck Wall Street and revive a rule giving consumers the right to access their financial data. 
      
   Health insurers are using “white-bagging” billing practices to boost profits — and undermine patients’ access to meds. 
      
   The Trump administration is federalizing the D.C. police and deploying the National Guard to clean up the nation’s capital, even as violent crime drops. 
      
   Tesla’s board of directors has capitulated to CEO Elon Musk with a $29 billion stock package after he threatened to exit the company if he wasn’t paid more. 
      
   Regulators won hundreds of millions in refunds for U.S. consumers  — now the Trump administration is set to terminate them. 
      
   Tesla is facing a shareholder lawsuit for allegedly concealing risks associated with its self-driving vehicles. 
      
   Oil and gas industry handouts in the big, beautiful bill will cost consumers an additional $170 billion in household energy costs.