overcharge
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Lawyers for the plaintiffs estimated that the lack of competition in the repair market allowed dealers to overcharge by $190 million to $387 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The lack of transparency enables PBMs to overcharge patients and health plans.
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
The HUD figure, which is based on Census data for typical apartment rents in an area, is used to ensure landlords cannot overcharge low-income residents with housing choice vouchers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
Due to this capture, Google is able to overcharge text-ad clients and shroud its actual terms in secrecy in a way that it hasn’t with more visually oriented ads.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2024
At the club there was the same atmosphere of unrest; an exacerbating overcharge of the suppressed activities impatiently waiting for another day of excitement and opportunity.
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
And earlier this year, a jury found that Live Nation was an illegal monopoly, following years of criticism that the company stifles competition and overcharges fans, but analysts say a breakup is unlikely.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“The companies pulled their punches, and one company was left being the sole bidder on the contract and that involved a lot of overcharges to the good people of Texas,” Slater said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Battery experts said it’s unlikely that a wireless signal alone — with no physical alterations — could cause thermal runaway, which typically occurs when a battery overheats, sustains physical damage or overcharges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
The email said Hurst & Son had been urged to stop those practices and refund overcharges.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
Annette knew her for an artist in "extras," a vampire that had sucked her purse lean with deft overcharges, a creature without mercy or morals.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
If it did pay dividends on watered stock, the public assumed it was being overcharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The base fee also protects the customer, in theory, from being overcharged.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
The found that Ticketmaster had overcharged consumers by $1.72 for each ticket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
In 2020 the FCC fined T-Mobile $200 million after investigators determined its recently acquired Sprint subsidiary had overcharged Lifeline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
It turned out we were not being overcharged.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
I believe this is a legitimate case of timeshare overcharging.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
Live Nation, the entertainment giant which owns Ticketmaster, has been illegally operating as a monopoly and overcharging fans, a federal jury has found.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
A group of states accused the company of overcharging music fans and pressuring venues to use its dominant ticketing service, Ticketmaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
In 2012, Walmart agreed to pay $2.1 million for allegedly overcharging customers in California and failing to comply with a 2008 judgment that required the company to resolve errors in pricing at checkout stands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
The prosecutor is also free to file more charges against a defendant than can realistically be proven in court, so long as probable cause arguably exists—a practice known as overcharging.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
