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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former veteran prosecutor who accused Broward State Attorney Harold Pryor of firing him, along with four other white colleagues, in an act of racial discrimination ...
racial discrimination in its allocation of farm loans and assistance: 1999/2010 Price v. Philip Morris, Inc: cigarette company advertising class action led by plaintiff's attorney Stephen Tillery resulted in $10.1 billion judgement [1] Madison County, Illinois: 2003/2006 Ritalin class action lawsuits: promoting disorder ADHD to increase drug ...
Blockbusting was a business practice in the United States in which real estate agents and building developers convinced residents in a particular area to sell their property at below-market prices. This was achieved by fearmongering the homeowners, telling them that racial minorities would soon be moving into their neighborhoods.
A powerful real estate trade group has agreed to do away with policies that for decades helped set agent commissions, moving to resolve lawsuits that claim the rules have forced people to pay ...
The settlement reached by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over real estate agent commissions could end up hurting an already beleaguered group: homebuyers.. The $418 million deal ...
Meyer v. Holley, 537 U.S. 280 (2003), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fair Housing Act imposes strict liability on residential real estate corporations for racial discrimination, but the officers and owners of the corporation generally will not be held vicariously liable for offenses committed by the corporation's employees of agents. [1]
A landmark ruling against some of the most powerful players in the real estate industry could lead to major changes in how homes are bought and sold. Last month, a federal jury in Missouri found ...
Racial steering refers to the practice in which real estate brokers guide prospective home buyers towards or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race. The term is used in the context of de facto residential segregation in the United States , and is often divided into two broad classes of conduct: