Appeals court weighs DOJ push to reopen NAR commission rule probe

A three-judge panel for the Washington, D.C., circuit seemed inclined to let the agency resume its probe into the National Association of Realtors’ cooperative compensation and pocket listing rules. Continue reading

NAR: ‘We have many grounds’ to appeal the Sitzer | Burnett verdict

The National Association of Realtors laid out its arguments to overturn the ruling Tuesday. The plaintiffs’ attorney said if the trade group doesn’t change, it risks an injunction and DOJ wrath. Continue reading

South Carolina homesellers latest in line to sue NAR, Keller Williams

A new commission lawsuit filed Monday seeking class-action status alleges sellers encountered “illogical, harmful, irrational and anticompetitive effects” of NAR’s cooperative compensation rule. Continue reading

Mother of all commission suits filed in Illinois, this time by homebuyers

“Batton 2,” exponentially larger in scope than Sitzer | Burnett and the Moehrl commission suits, was filed last week in Illinois and takes aim at many of the defendants in another new suit called Gibson. Continue reading