Less than a month after the same court upheld the National Association of Realtors®’ settlement in the historic Burnett lawsuit, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has now also upheld the settlements in the Gibson commission lawsuit. The Gibson lawsuit is the main copycat of the Burnett case, originally filed on the same…
A lawsuit filed earlier month is alleging that a top agent for real estate startup Side illegally operated as a lawyer in order to secure listing contracts, further claiming that this “ongoing and systematic” practice represents a failure by Side in its legal, supervisory responsibilities. The lawsuit was filed by a debt collector named Green…
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. FTC reaches a settlement with Zillow and Redfin syndication Nearly a year after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Zillow and Redfin over an “illegal anti-competitive agreement,” the parties…
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. eXp denied judgment ahead of trial, though Sanford scores win Judge Andre Birotte of the federal central district of California ruled late last week that a jury will decide whether eXp is liable…
Minutes before a high-stakes trial was about to begin, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Zillow has agreed to “unwind” its $100 million partnership with Redfin in the rental listing market, after it accused Zillow of an unlawful buy-out to decrease competition for rental listings. Redfin will be required to re-start its rental business…
An appellate court today denied multiple appeals that had sought to overturn the National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) 2024 settlement agreement, putting a legal period on the end of the seven-year long commission lawsuit saga that upended real estate practices and undermined NAR’s standing in the industry. A panel of three judges for the Eighth…
The plaintiffs who filed a recently dismissed lawsuit against Zillow over alleged steering to the portal’s mortgage services are looking to reopen the class action with an amended complaint, filed yesterday. The suit—originally filed back in November 2025 and later consolidated with another similar lawsuit Taylor v. Zillow—alleges that referrals to Zillow Home Loans are…
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 said it will “suffer prejudice” without Umansky fraud documents The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) is continuing to spar with PLS.com Founder Mauricio Umansky in the listing startup’s lawsuit against the organization.…
As the war over private listings intensifies, Zillow and Compass (among others) are using dueling data reports and starkly different methodologies to make their respective cases in the courtroom—and in the court of public opinion. On July 24, Compass reported that pre-marketed homes that started as Private Exclusives or Coming Soons sold for 4.6% more…
Discount brokerage Homie Technology, Inc.’s appeal to reverse the dismissal of its lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors® (NAR)—as well as Anywhere, REMAX, Keller Williams and HomeServices of America—has been dismissed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued its judgement Tuesday, dismissing the appeal, with the Circuit judges stating in the…
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