National Association of Realtors v. USA, et al

  1. October 15, 2024

    Realtors Ask High Court To Quash DOJ Antitrust Probe

    The National Association of Realtors has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review of a ruling that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division to reopen an investigation into the trade group's rules and policies after an earlier settlement.

  2. 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.

  3. July 15, 2024

    DC Circ. Won't Rethink Revived DOJ Realtor Antitrust Probe

    The D.C. Circuit won't reconsider a ruling that allowed the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen an investigation into certain rules and policies of the National Association of Realtors, rejecting the trade group's request that the court correct "far-reaching and exceptionally important" legal errors.

  4. June 18, 2024

    DOJ Says DC Circ. Shouldn't Rethink Realtor Antitrust Probe

    The U.S. Department of Justice has told the D.C. Circuit that its April decision allowing it to reopen an investigation into the National Association of Realtors doesn't conflict with any U.S. Supreme Court or circuit court decisions and that the NAR's rehearing petition should be denied.

  5. May 21, 2024

    Realtors Want Rethink After DOJ Antitrust Probe Allowed

    The National Association of Realtors has asked the D.C. Circuit for a rehearing after the appeals court found the U.S. Department of Justice can reopen an antitrust investigation into the trade group despite an earlier agency settlement over the association's rules.

  6. April 05, 2024

    DC Circ. Says DOJ Can Reopen Realtor Antitrust Probe

    The D.C. Circuit said on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice can reopen an antitrust investigation into the National Association of Realtors, despite an earlier agency settlement over the association's rules.

  7. December 01, 2023

    DC Circ. Prods DOJ, Realtors Over Limits Of Antitrust Deal

    A D.C. Circuit panel seemed skeptical during oral arguments Friday that a deal between the National Association of Realtors and the U.S. Department of Justice ending an antitrust investigation meant the agency could never reopen the probe.

  8. August 14, 2023

    Feds Push DC Circ. To Allow Realtor Antitrust Investigation

    The U.S. government defended its right at the D.C. Circuit to revive an antitrust investigation involving the National Association of Realtors and dismissed what it called a "strawman" claim that it did so simply as a result of a change in presidential administrations.

  9. July 31, 2023

    Chamber Backs Realtors On Antitrust Probe At DC Circ.

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has urged the D.C. Circuit to affirm a ruling that the federal government can't reopen its antitrust investigation into certain National Association of Realtors practices.

  10. July 24, 2023

    Realtor Group Wants DOJ's Antitrust Suit Revival Bid Tossed

    The National Association of Realtors has urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold a lower court's ruling dropping civil investigation demands brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, arguing the trial court already ruled that reopening the inquiry would breach a 2020 settlement.