Two federal judges this week appeared inclined to let a parallel homebuyer antitrust case against several brokerages move toward settlement, mostly denying plaintiffs who have fought to block or consolidate the competing litigation.  The controversy came after Anywhere Real Estate struck a $9.6 million settlement in a copycat case that lawyers in the original and…

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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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