Gibson et al v. National Association of Realtors et al
Case Number:
4:23-cv-00788
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- WilmerHale
- Blanton Nickell
- Bienert Katzman
- Littler Mendelson
- The Popham Law Firm
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Bryan Cave
- Cooley LLP
- Dysart Taylor
- DLA Piper
- Stinson LLP
- Reed Smith
- Dowd Bennett
- Husch Blackwell
- Crowell & Moring
- Vinson & Elkins
- Korein Tillery
- Berkowitz Oliver
- Williams Dirks
- MacGill PC
- Honigman LLP
- Morvillo Abramowitz
- Paul Weiss
- Foley & Lardner
- Cooling & Herbers
- Boulware Law
- Kennyhertz Perry
- Kuckelman Torline
- Winston & Strawn
- Wiggin & Dana
- Stoel Rives
- Motley Rice
- Taft Stettinius
- Hinshaw & Culbertson
- Lathrop GPM
- Ogletree Deakins
- Saul Ewing
- Holland & Knight
- Redfearn Law Firm
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Hagens Berman
- Shook Hardy
- Quinn Emanuel
- Polsinelli PC
- Scharnhorst Ast
- Mantese Honigman
- Franke Schultz
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Maynard Nexsen
- Lewis Rice
- Schaffer & Associates Chtd.
- Wagstaff & Cartmell
- Cole Scott & Kissane
- Freeman Mathis
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Sheppard Mullin
- Berman Tabacco
- Dykema
- Cohen Milstein
- GM Law PC
- Susman Godfrey
- K&L Gates
- Ketchmark & McCreight
- Gunster Yoakley
Companies
- John L. Scott Real Estate
- William Raveis Real Estate Inc.
- eXp World Holdings Inc.
- Crye-Leike Inc.
- Douglas Elliman Realty LLC
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- Hanna Holdings Inc.
- Keller Williams Realty Inc.
- National Association of Realtors
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.
- HomeServices of America Inc.
Sectors & Industries:
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						July 31, 2025
						Home Sellers Defend $110M In Broker Fee Deals To 8th Circ.Home sellers are defending $110 million in settlements cut with several real estate brokerages in the sprawling litigation targeting the National Association of Realtors' broker commission rules from objections in a series of Eighth Circuit appeals. 
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						July 01, 2025
						Weichert, EXp Can't Pause Mo. Broker Fees Antitrust CaseA Missouri federal judge rejected Weichert Co. and eXp's bids to stay an antitrust class action accusing the National Association of Realtors and multiple brokerages of conspiring to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees. 
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						June 25, 2025
						Missouri Judge Grants $24M Atty Award For Broker Fees SuitsA Missouri federal judge has granted final approval of settlements for two antitrust class actions and awarded roughly $24 million to class counsel representing home sellers who accused multiple real estate brokerages of conspiring to artificially inflate buyer-broker commission fees for home sales. 
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						June 13, 2025
						Home Sellers Say Brokerages Can't Pause Mo. Antitrust CaseA proposed class of home sellers urged a Missouri federal court to deny two brokerages' second request to stay proceedings against them in a consolidated antitrust broker fees class action while they finalize a parallel settlement in what sellers have called "copycat" proceedings in Georgia. 
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						May 30, 2025
						Missouri Judge Rejects Berkshire Unit's Transfer Appeal Cert. BidA 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. 
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						May 13, 2025
						Berkshire Unit Loses Bid To Transfer Commission Fee SuitA 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. 
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						April 11, 2025
						Judge Won't Exit Broker Fee Case Over Donations To WifeA 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. 
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						April 08, 2025
						Berkshire Unit Looks To Transfer Commission Fee ClaimsBerkshire 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. 
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						May 06, 2024
						Redfin To Pay $9.2M To Exit Broker Fee Class ActionRedfin 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. 
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						April 30, 2024
						Deal Frees Douglas Elliman From Mo. Broker Fee Class ActionDouglas 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.