Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Rhode Island agent Kyle Seyboth under fire, again The Delva family—a Haitian immigrant family at the center of the Rhode Island Attorney General’s lawsuit against top agent Kyle Seyboth—has now filed their own…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Trial date set for Gibson suit and final approval granted for five brokerages The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri has set trial to begin on May 1, 2028.…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Plaintiffs in consolidated commission case push for settlement approval Gibson v. NAR, the largest copycat case of the Burnett commission lawsuit filed in the same Missouri District Court overseen by Judge Stephen Bough,…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. NAR cleared in Sheth discrimination suit Judge Georgia Alexakis of U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division dismissed the Sheth discrimination case against the National Association of Realtors® (NAR)…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Partial settlement reached in Roberts v. eXp Realty case Plaintiffs Anya Roberts, Fabiola Acevedo, Christy Lundy, Tami Sims and Megan Farrell-Nelson and defendant Brent Gove have reached a confidential settlement “fully and finally…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Compass closes Anywhere acquisition In a regulatory filing on Jan. 9, Compass announced that its merger with Anywhere Real Estate was officially closed. The deal has faced much scrutiny from the real estate…

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Editor’s Note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Federal judge rules Trump administration must find funding for CFPB The Trump administration’s latest attempt to block funding and operation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) hit a roadblock on Dec. 30.…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Compass accuses NWMLS of dragging its feet in lawsuit discovery On Christmas Eve, Compass’s attorneys were not feeling the giving spirit from lawyers representing NWMLS as the two parties wrangle over discovery in…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Federal judge has agreed to consolidate the Taylor and Armstrong lawsuits A federal judge in Seattle has consolidated two related class-action lawsuits against Zillow into a single case.  The Taylor v. Zillow class-action…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Compass and Zillow file final hearing documents, await judge’s ruling Compass and Zillow have both filed their final court documents related to the recent hearing in the two companies’ lawsuit over Zillow’s private…

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