May 19, 2026
Hanna Holdings Inc. urged a Pennsylvania federal court to let the Third Circuit weigh in on the lower court's dismissal orders for a proposed antitrust class action that accuses the real estate brokerage of conspiring with other parties to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees.
March 23, 2026
A lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court alleging that real estate firm Howard Hanna participated in a conspiracy to inflate agents' commissions is being undercut by a similar case in Illinois, where another set of plaintiffs allegedly joined in a "reverse auction" to settle for the lowest possible price, the Pennsylvania plaintiffs' lawyers said.
December 22, 2025
Trump administration antitrust enforcers put up their latest marker against trade associations Friday in a Justice Department statement of interest telling a Pennsylvania federal court that the country's largest privately held real estate brokerage is raising defenses against an antitrust lawsuit that would make such suits "unjustifiably harder."
December 02, 2025
A group of homebuyers told a Pennsylvania federal judge that brokerage Hanna Holdings failed to show cause for escaping antitrust claims over its use of rules set by the National Association of Realtors that artificially drove up the cost of house purchases.
June 24, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge found homebuyers showed enough to continue claims that brokerage Hanna Holdings effectively inflated costs for buyers by following rules set by the National Association of Realtors, even while rejecting claims that the firm colluded with competitors.