Bursting Stuart Wolff's bubble 
Why some MLSs didn't buy into 'cash for listings' plan
By Tom Kelly, Wednesday, February 10, 2010.I had circled last week on my 2010 editorial calendar as a reminder to check back on a story that began more than a decade ago. It had profound national ramifications -- real estate and technology analysts even labeled it a microcosm of the "tech wreck" -- yet the first questions were raised in local multiple listing associations.
The story is the retrial of Stuart Wolff -- the former Homestore chief executive who in 2006 was convicted of 15 counts of illegal insider trading and securities fraud -- which was set to begin last month in Los Angeles. He was granted the appeal because the original presiding judged failed to recuse himself from the trial because he owned stock in a company that was involved in the various transactions Wolff helped to negotiate.
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