Gibson et al v. National Association of Realtors et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:23-cv-00788

Court:

Missouri Western

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Stephen R. Bough

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May 30, 2025
Missouri Judge Rejects Berkshire Unit's Transfer Appeal Cert. Bid

A Missouri federal judge on Friday denied a Berkshire Hathaway unit's motion to certify the company's denied transfer bid for a consolidated antitrust broker fees class action.
May 13, 2025
Berkshire Unit Loses Bid To Transfer Commission Fee Suit

A Berkshire Hathaway unit and a full-service real estate company cannot transfer a proposed class action accusing real estate brokers of conspiring to inflate commissions for home sales out of Missouri federal court, the presiding judge has ruled.
April 11, 2025
Judge Won't Exit Broker Fee Case Over Donations To Wife

A Missouri federal judge said a real estate firm's bid to boot him from a class action over commission fees may have been driven more by litigation strategy than ethical concerns over campaign contributions made by opposing counsel to his wife, a Kansas City councilwoman.
April 08, 2025
Berkshire Unit Looks To Transfer Commission Fee Claims

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company is pushing a Missouri federal court to transfer a proposed class action accusing it and other companies of conspiring to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees, arguing the claims should be litigated in Iowa federal court instead.
May 06, 2024
Redfin To Pay $9.2M To Exit Broker Fee Class Action

Redfin disclosed to regulators on Monday that it will pay $9.25 million to end claims that it caused home sellers to pay inflated commissions under rules set by the National Association of Realtors, allowing the company to exit a class action that ensnared several brokerage firms.
April 30, 2024
Deal Frees Douglas Elliman From Mo. Broker Fee Class Action

Douglas Elliman has agreed to pay up to $117.5 million to exit a class action in Missouri federal court accusing the broker of causing home sellers to pay inflated commissions under rules set by the National Association of Realtors.
April 26, 2024
HomeServices Brokerage Reaches Deal With Home Sellers

Berkshire Hathaway-owned brokerage firm HomeServices of America reached a deal Friday to settle claims that it forced a class of home sellers to pay inflated commissions, closely following the approval of a $418 million deal between the class and the National Association of Realtors.
April 23, 2024
Realtors, Home Sellers Get OK For $418M Broker Rules Deal

The National Association of Realtors and a nationwide class of home sellers on Tuesday scored a Missouri federal judge's initial approval of their $418 million settlement resolving claims that the trade group's broker commission rules caused home sellers across the country to pay inflated fees.
March 26, 2024
Deal Holdout HomeServices Can't Undo Sellers' Class Cert.

A Missouri federal judge refused Tuesday to grant class decertification sought by HomeServices of America, the lone holdout still fighting a jury verdict that pushed the National Association of Realtors into a settlement overhauling rules that have effectively restricted how brokers buy and sell homes and how they're paid.
March 22, 2024
Home Sellers Hope $58M Compass Deal Helps Spur Others

Compass Inc. announced Friday that it would pay home sellers $57.5 million in the first settlement since the National Association of Realtors reached its own deal this month to pay $418 million and overhaul rules that have effectively restricted how brokers buy and sell homes and how they're paid.

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