October 15, 2024
The National Association of Realtors has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review of a ruling that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division to reopen an investigation into the trade group's rules and policies after an earlier settlement.
August 21, 2024
A housing bias suit against an Illinois city, ongoing litigation surrounding the National Association of Realtors and the government's related antitrust probe, and a legal malpractice suit stemming from a foreclosure are among the residential cases real estate attorneys should be tracking during the second half of 2024.
July 15, 2024
The D.C. Circuit won't reconsider a ruling that allowed the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen an investigation into certain rules and policies of the National Association of Realtors, rejecting the trade group's request that the court correct "far-reaching and exceptionally important" legal errors.
June 18, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice has told the D.C. Circuit that its April decision allowing it to reopen an investigation into the National Association of Realtors doesn't conflict with any U.S. Supreme Court or circuit court decisions and that the NAR's rehearing petition should be denied.
May 21, 2024
The National Association of Realtors has asked the D.C. Circuit for a rehearing after the appeals court found the U.S. Department of Justice can reopen an antitrust investigation into the trade group despite an earlier agency settlement over the association's rules.
April 05, 2024
The D.C. Circuit said on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice can reopen an antitrust investigation into the National Association of Realtors, despite an earlier agency settlement over the association's rules.
December 01, 2023
A D.C. Circuit panel seemed skeptical during oral arguments Friday that a deal between the National Association of Realtors and the U.S. Department of Justice ending an antitrust investigation meant the agency could never reopen the probe.
August 14, 2023
The U.S. government defended its right at the D.C. Circuit to revive an antitrust investigation involving the National Association of Realtors and dismissed what it called a "strawman" claim that it did so simply as a result of a change in presidential administrations.
July 31, 2023
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has urged the D.C. Circuit to affirm a ruling that the federal government can't reopen its antitrust investigation into certain National Association of Realtors practices.
July 24, 2023
The National Association of Realtors has urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold a lower court's ruling dropping civil investigation demands brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, arguing the trial court already ruled that reopening the inquiry would breach a 2020 settlement.