Top Agent Network, Inc. v. National Association of Realtors et al

  1. August 21, 2024

    Residential Real Estate Cases To Watch In 2024's 2nd Half

    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.

  2. July 22, 2024

    New Precedent, New Fate For NAR 'Cooperation' Rule Suit

    A California federal judge reversed course Monday and revived a lawsuit, tossed in 2021, targeting National Association of Realtors rules that prevent real estate agents from listing properties outside their affiliated networks, after an intervening Ninth Circuit decision redirected the product market in question.

  3. May 24, 2024

    Realtors Want Case Over 'Cooperation' Rule To Stay Dismissed

    The National Association of Realtors urged a California federal court not to reconsider dismissing a case targeting rules that prevent real estate agents from listing properties outside their affiliated networks, after the case took a trip to the Ninth Circuit.

  4. August 17, 2021

    Realtors Association Escapes Suit Over Listing Policy

    A California federal court has tossed an antitrust suit targeting a policy from the National Association of Realtors that restricts listings by agents outside its local networks, saying the rival listing service that brought the case has an anticompetitive business model.

  5. July 15, 2021

    Realtors Assoc. Policy May Be Anticompetitive, Judge Says

    A California federal judge said Thursday the National Association of Realtors' policy restricting how agents list real estate properties may be overbroad from an antitrust perspective, but he's not convinced rival listing service Top Agent Network suffered an anticompetitive injury that would give it standing to sue.

  6. July 17, 2020

    Realtors Association Beats Rival's Bid To Halt Listing Policy

    The National Association of Realtors and two of its affiliates defeated a smaller competitor's bid to block a new rule prohibiting members from privately marketing properties without using the association's listing service, after a California judge ruled the challenger offered little to support its antitrust allegations.

  7. May 11, 2020

    National Assoc. Of Realtors Hit With Antitrust Suit By Rival

    The National Association of Realtors and two of its affiliates were hit with an antitrust lawsuit Monday in California federal court by a smaller competitor alleging a new rule prohibiting members from privately marketing properties without using the association's listing service is an illegal abuse of its dominant market position.