Case Statistics

Defendant Name: RB Global, Rouse, United, Sunbelt, HERC, H&E, Sunstate, Home Depot, and EquipementShare

Court: United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division

Practice Area: Antitrust Violation

Status: Active
Date Filed: 11/07/2025

Case Documents

Case Overview

On June 13, 2025, Fegan Scott filed an antitrust class action complaint relating to a widespread antitrust conspiracy to fix and inflate the cost of rental construction equipment. The lawsuit alleges defendants, including RB Global, Inc., Rouse Services LLC, Rouse Analytics, LLC, United Rentals, Inc., United Rental (North America), Inc., HERC Holdings Inc., HERC Rentals Inc, H&E Equipment Services, Inc., Sunstate Equipment Co., LLC, EquipmentShare.com, Inc., The Home Depot, Inc., and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., among others, exchanged competitively sensitive information through Rouse Services, facilitating an unlawful conspiracy to fix rental prices of equipment ranging from air compressors and generators to forklifts and excavators, among other equipment used for construction, manufacturing, entertainment, and other industries.

On October 9, 2025, Judge Sara L. Ellis of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division appointed Fegan Scott to serve on the Plaintiff Steering Committee in the consolidated class. Following the appointment of Co-Lead Counsel and the Plaintiff Steering Committee, on November 7, 2025, Plaintiffs filed a consolidated class action complaint bolstering their allegations relating to the construction