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COURT REPORT: NAR Changes Rules, Settles; Curbio Denies Scamming Allegations
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. This past week proved historic in real estate lawsuit news, as the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) decided to settle and significantly modify its rules around commissions, paying $ 418 million in damages, […]
DOJ Seeks to Overturn Court Decision Setting Aside NAR Probe
As the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) legal battlefield heats up, the challenges presented by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have not gone quietly into the night. What may have seemed like a done deal with the defunct investigation into NAR’s MLS policies could see new life. The Justice Department recently filed an appeal… […]
U.S. District Court Deals a Blow to NAR and Major Franchisors in MLS Policy Suit
A legal conflict with potentially disastrous implications for the real estate industry has come to a head, pushing leaders across the industry to take swift action. The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and several national brands named in a lawsuit over an NAR policy announced that they are fighting a recent court decision designating the […]
Court Upholds Denial of Short-Term Rentals
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the ruling that a local zoning ordinance clearly and unambiguously excluded purely transient uses of property. www.nar.realtor – Vacation, Resort, and Second Homes