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Latest News in Real Estate

  • August 19, 2026

    8th Circ. Backs $1B Broker Commissions Settlement

    The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to affirm a more than $1 billion class action settlement that's supposed to resolve antitrust claims against the National Association of Realtors and multiple real estate brokerages, which were accused of running an anticompetitive scheme that involved the brokerages following NAR rules that artificially inflated buyer-broker commissions.

  • August 19, 2026

    Conn. Justices Back Cannabis Processing At Ex-Tobacco Site

    The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a cannabis company could use a former tobacco facility to process cannabis oil, rejecting the local zoning appeals board's argument that the repurposed facility wouldn't fall within the legal nonconforming use for the property.

  • August 19, 2026

    Groups Say NOAA Failed To Vet Samoan Seabed Mining Harm

    Two conservation groups have sued to stop the sale of deep-sea mining rights across 31 million acres of seabed around American Samoa, arguing the National Marine Fisheries Service unlawfully determined the activity would not adversely affect endangered species and their habitat.

  • August 19, 2026

    Marshall Fire Victims Say Attys Doomed $1.6M Contractor Suit

    Four people who sued a contractor for botching the rebuilding of the homes they lost in Colorado's Marshall Fire in 2021 are now claiming their attorneys engaged in malpractice when they failed to pursue claims against the contractor that would have been subject to $1.6 million in liability insurance, according to the complaint filed Tuesday in Colorado state court.

  • August 19, 2026

    Spirit Flight Attendants Object To Google Data Sale

    The union representing Spirit Aviation's flight attendants has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to reject the bankrupt airline's request to sell its internal data to Google for artificial intelligence training unless the privacy of its members is protected.

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