---
title: "Screen a shared pricing tool for an agreement among competitors"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/advise-on-algorithmic-pricing-and-collusion-risk/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A29-B8-2-US"
practice_area: "Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Screen a shared pricing tool for an agreement among competitors

> List who uses the tool, what price or output information it takes in, and whether the file shows the users agreed to follow it. Write no conclusion.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/advise-on-algorithmic-pricing-and-collusion-risk/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List who uses the tool, what price or output information it takes in, and whether the file shows the users agreed to follow it. Write no conclusion. |
| What the lawyer must review | Sherman Act § 1 requires a contract, combination or conspiracy. Use of the same software is not, by itself, that agreement. No case about algorithmic pricing was opened, so do not treat a software vendor's product as an agreement and do not name a case. The January 2025 worker guidelines concern labour markets. They say an agreement need not be written, that the agencies focus on the substance of a wage-fixing or no-poach agreement regardless of its form, and that exchanging compensation information through a third party that uses an algorithm may be unlawful. They are not a judgment on a retail pricing tool. You decide whether the facts show concerted action. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Advise on algorithmic pricing and collusion risk](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/advise-on-algorithmic-pricing-and-collusion-risk.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List who uses the tool, what price or output information it takes in, and whether the file shows the users agreed to follow it. Write no conclusion.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not treat shared software as an agreement.
- Do not name a case that was not opened.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 1, Sherman Act section 1](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [FTC and DOJ, Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (January 2025)](https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/p251201antitrustguidelinesbusinessactivitiesaffectingworkers2025.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*