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Cartel
Derived node: assembled mechanically from the claims carrying cartel. A roster, not an adjudicated definition.
Every claim under this term
- 3995709-019 : The code review industry is dominated by a cartel formed by the top five code audit firms, and that cartel creates high barriers to entry for new players in the code review market.
- 3995709-020 : Cartelization of the code review industry causes significant overpricing, because clients will pay almost any price to obtain the stamp of approval from one of the top five audit firms.
- 3995709-021 : Cartel power undermines attempts by other industry players to create internal or external controls on the quality of code reviews, leaving the public with no or very weak control over the quality of t
- 3995709-022 : Because customers cannot afford to search for better priced code reviews and are forced into cartel pricing to obtain market acceptance of their products, cartelization undermines any form of downward
- 3995709-025 : Even if code review and audit firms did engage in thorough insurance underwriting and guarantees for their clients, the remedy would still fail because those firms would remain subject to the flawed a
- 3995709-033 : Because the existing code review market provides no publicly transparent pricing, it arguably harms the public for the benefit of the cartel and its clients, since neither the client nor the code revi