REX - Real Estate Exchange Inc v. Zillow Inc et al

  1. August 15, 2023

    Antitrust Watchers Are About To Have Their Hands Full

    A deluge of trials and key hearings are slated for the coming weeks in antitrust cases spread across the country, including the first expected trials for monopolization claims against Google, trials in a variety of other conduct cases from enforcers and private parties, and hearings on several merger challenges.

  2. August 07, 2023

    Zillow Can't Nix False Advertising Claims From Antitrust Suit

    A Washington federal judge has declined to hand Zillow a win on false advertising claims and a defamation allegation it faces in a larger feud with a defunct brokerage that accused the company of conspiring with a trade group to thwart competition through a website redesign.

  3. June 09, 2023

    Zillow, NAR Try To Sink Antitrust Suit Over Website Redesign

    Zillow and the National Association of Realtors this week tried to escape claims in Washington federal court from a defunct brokerage accusing the company and trade group of hurting its business with a website redesign.

  4. April 26, 2023

    Zillow CEO Can Be Deposed In Antitrust Case, Judge Says

    A federal judge in Washington state has ordered Zillow CEO Richard Barton to sit for a deposition in an antitrust lawsuit from a former brokerage against the home-listing website and the National Association of Realtors.

  5. April 24, 2023

    Zillow Looks To Block CEO Deposition In Antitrust Case

    Zillow has asked a Washington federal judge to stop its CEO from being deposed in a suit accusing it and the National Association of Realtors of anti-competitive behavior, saying the CEO has no unique knowledge to offer about the company's move to join various multiple listing services.

  6. April 19, 2023

    Former Brokerage Battles Zillow, NAR Over Antitrust Trial Date

    A former real estate brokerage traded blows in Washington federal court with Zillow and the National Association of Realtors this week over the latter two's attempt to delay the trial date in a lawsuit accusing them of antitrust activities.

  7. January 10, 2023

    Info Requests Heat Up In Antitrust Suit Against Zillow, NAR

    A former real estate brokerage told a Washington federal judge on Tuesday that a consultant's analysis of damages stemming from antitrust activities alleged in a suit against Zillow and the National Association of Realtors are protected under work product privilege.

  8. September 07, 2022

    Real Estate Co. Says Zillow Requests Meant To 'Harass'

    A former real estate brokerage that sued Zillow on antitrust grounds lambasted attempts to obtain the names of its former employees and to verify whether they kept their laptop computers when they left the company.

  9. August 22, 2022

    Zillow Says Antitrust Foe Didn't Preserve Workers' Laptops

    Zillow has accused REX-Real Estate Exchange of failing its discovery obligations, asserting that the brokerage firm gave away laptops as "severance" when hemorrhaging workers as part of a business nosedive allegedly triggered by anti-competitive National Association of Realtors listing services rules.

  10. April 26, 2022

    Real Estate Startup Ducks Counterclaims For Bashing NAR

    The National Association of Realtors will have to rejigger its false advertising counterclaims against brokerage firm REX-Real Estate Exchange, after a Seattle federal judge held that the trade group hasn't adequately shown how REX's attacks on its listing rules harm its reputation or business prospects.