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Move claims employee at center of legal battle with CoStar caused $5K in damage

Housing Wire

Both claims were aimed at CoStar and James Kaminsky , the former Realtor.com employee at the center of the legal battle. Move should focus on fixing its broken business model and spend its legal fees on defending the class action lawsuit that accuses Realtor.com of selling fake leads to brokers.”

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United Real Estate settles the commission lawsuits

Housing Wire

The company said in a statement that the settlement was the “best course of action as it will save United Real Estate significant legal fees and allow the company to move forward.”

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NAR settlement doesn’t pass the ‘real world’ test

Real Estate News

A law professor filed a lengthy objection calling it “the worst of all possible worlds,” raising concerns about “chaos and frustration” as well as legal fees.

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Court dismisses Move’s trade secret claims against CoStar

Housing Wire

CoStar has notched yet another procedural win in its legal battle with Move , the parent company of Realtor.com. Both claims were aimed at CoStar and James Kaminsky , the former Realtor.com employee at the center of the legal battle. In a ruling issued Tuesday, Judge George H.

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Fathom is the latest brokerage to settle the commission lawsuits

Housing Wire

“We continue to assert that Fathom never participated in any conspiracy to inflate commissions and continue to believe that due to our flat-fee model, there was no incentive to join any such conspiracy.

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Reffkin trades in Compass stock for $7M cash bonus

Housing Wire

While the firm has succeeded in trimming costs and reducing operating expenses , it is now finding itself in the crosshairs of multiple copycat commission lawsuits , which will lead to an increase in legal costs. For the changes to Reffkin’s compensation plan alone, Compass will pay $25,000 in legal fees, according to the SEC filing.

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Mr. Cooper, ACI to settle lawsuit over unauthorized mortgage payments

Housing Wire

These customers paid overdraft/insufficient funds fees or faced temporary account freezes. In addition, it faced legal fees due to 10 class-action lawsuits and at least two individual lawsuits. Mr. Cooper alleges that the incident made media headlines nationwide, damaging its reputation.