Gibson plaintiffs accuse Hanna Holdings of ‘judge shopping.’ Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Hanna Holdings say donations to Judge Bough’s wife’s city council campaigns are disqualifying
Undisclosed political donations to Judge Stephen Bough’s wife called a disqualifying conflict of interest in a commission case known as Gibson. Plaintiffs' attorneys push back against the claim
At least some of the payout will come from NAR’s reserve funds, including operating reserves and those collected from members specifically for lobbying and to advertise the Realtor brand
Real estate companies eXp and Weichert will have to offer representatives who are best able to testify regarding settlement negotiations in the separate, but similar, Hooper commission suit
In a new legal filing, homeseller plaintiffs in a commission lawsuit in Missouri dispute Crye-Leike’s claim that its six brokerages are separate and covered by NAR settlement
At a Thursday court hearing, Judge LaShonda A. Hunt denied a request to add more state law claims to an antitrust complaint from plaintiffs in a case known as Batton 1
As the brokerages try to fend off allegations of a 'sweetheart deal' in a separate case, they respond to the antitrust complaint they're facing in a Missouri court
The independent, Ohio-based real estate brokerage will pay $895K to settle a lawsuit known as Keel for its lead plaintiff, bringing the total settlement fund for plaintiffs in the case to $11.5M
In addition to Side, the fast-moving case — known as Keel for its lead homeseller — names as defendants Washington Fine Properties, Seven Gables, Brooklyn New York MLS and others
Despite its ranking as the 31st largest brokerage in the T3 Sixty Real Estate Almanac for more than $7B in sales volume in 2022, Crye-Leike says Gibson suit shouldn't be allowed to proceed
In court filings, eXp, Weichert and plaintiffs share new details about how settlement negotiations in the Gibson case fell apart before the brokerage moved to settle in a case called Hooper
Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Windermere, Hanna Holdings, EXIT Realty, William Raveis and Crye-Leike all denied antitrust allegations against them in new court filings submitted Monday
Side and other brokerages, along with a pair of MLSs, will collectively pay $10,570,000 to settle the new antitrust case if proposed terms — offered on the same day as the suit was filed — are greenlit
Although some in the real estate industry hope Trump will bring a lighter hand to antitrust, his nominees for Attorney General and Assistant AG suggest otherwise
Valued at $2B in 2021 Series D funding round, rent-to-own company Divvy Homes had endured several rounds of layoffs before launching a subscription-based credit building service last year