A judge has ruled in defendants’ favor over the class certification dispute in the largest homebuying commission case: Batton vs. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR).  Judge LaShonda A. Hunt granted a motion by defendants in the case, who include big brokerages along with NAR, ruling that the plaintiffs’ motions for Class Certification “stricken without…

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Defendants in the largest homebuying commission case have filed a motion to strike or delay the plaintiffs’ class certification motion, arguing that a binding federal injunction from the Burnett case invalidates roughly 79% of the proposed class—buyers who also sold homes during a particular time period.  The defendants, Anywhere, REMAX and Keller Williams, previously settled…

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