Bates White client CDK reaches settlement in dealer management system litigation
In In re Dealer Management Systems Antitrust Litigation, Michael Whinston served as a liability expert on behalf of defendant CDK Global. Professor Whinston analyzed claims that CDK colluded with Reynolds & Reynolds to exclude independent data integrators from the markets for data integration services for their respective dealer management systems, including entering into a set of agreements that the parties alleged were anticompetitive. Professor Whinston submitted multiple expert reports and provided deposition testimony. The parties reached a pre-trial settlement in January 2025.