麦当劳已聘请怀特凯斯律师事务所为其辩护，应对拟议的集体诉讼，后者指控这家快餐巨头利用AI辅助定价工具在美国各餐厅非法协调菜单价格。记者：Mike Scarcella详情如下：怀特凯斯律师事务所的律师周一在芝加哥联邦法院针对麦当劳的诉讼中正式入案代理。代理团队包括Jack Pace III，他是这家拥有2000多名律师的事务所反垄断与竞争团队的联合负责人。
McDonald's has turned to law firm White & Case to defend it against proposed class actions claiming the fast-food giant uses AI-assisted pricing tools to illegally coordinate menu prices across its US restaurants. By Mike Scarcella Here are the details: Lawyers from White & Case entered appearances on Monday in lawsuits against McDonald’s in federal court in Chicago.
麦当劳于10月被起诉，指控其涉嫌违反美国反垄断法，与其独立加盟商串通，利用基于非公开数据训练的算法操纵价格，导致顾客支付更高价格。该拟议集体诉讼是在路透社报道麦当劳利用AI指导菜单定价后提起的。麦当劳否认有任何不当行为，称其加盟商单独设定价格，并表示“AI并不设定巨无霸汉堡或任何其他菜单项目的价格。”
The team includes Jack Pace III, co-leader of the 2,000-lawyer-plus firm’s antitrust and competition team McDonald's was sued in October for allegedly violating US antitrust law by conspiring with its independent franchisees to fix prices using algorithms trained on nonpublic data, leading customers to pay higher prices The proposed class action followed a Reuters report detailing how McDonald's is using AI to guide menu prices McDonald’s has denied any wrongdoing, saying its franchisees set prices individually, and that "AI does not set the price of a Big Mac or any other menu item.”
Pace和怀特凯斯的其他律师目前还在分别为全美房地产经纪人协会和学术出版商Taylor & Francis应对正在进行的反垄断案件进行辩护。Pace未立即回复置评请求。
Pace and other White & Case lawyers are separately defending the National Association of Realtors and academic publisher Taylor & Francis in ongoing antitrust cases. Pace did not immediately respond to a request for comment