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On March 15, 2024, the National Association of Realtors announced that it would settle the lawsuit rather than appeal. The group agreed to change how commissions are paid and to pay back $418 million over four years. [16] The judge presiding over the case granted preliminary approval to the settlement on April 23, 2024. [17]
A groundbreaking $418 million settlement announced Friday by the powerful National Association of Realtors is set to usher in the most sweeping reforms the American real estate market has seen in ...
The term “Realtor” (note the capital R) for example, is trademarked by the NAR, and if you’re not a dues-paying member, you’re just a real-estate agent. With about 1.5 million members, it ...
The brokerages all settled out-of-court, and in March 2024, NAR settled as well, agreeing to pay $418 million in damages and change some of their longstanding rules. (Final court approval was ...
In the United States the "American rule" is generally followed, each party bearing its own expense of litigation. However, 35 U.S.C. § 285 provides that in patent cases, the losing party may have to pay attorney fees of the winning party if the case is deemed "exceptional."
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is an American trade association [5] for those who work in the real estate industry. As of December 2023, it had over 1.5 million members, [6] making it the largest trade association in the United States [7] including NAR's institutes, societies, and councils, involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.
The lawsuit in question centers on a rule imposed by the NAR, which pertains to multiple listing services (MLS) – or a database of properties listed for sale in a particular area.
The "SAD” acronym was coined by Prof. Eric Goldman of Santa Clara University School of Law to refer to “the Schedule A Defendants scheme.” [4] [7] The acronym reflects the fact that rightsowners deploying the scheme often list the defendants in a “Schedule A” to the complaint rather than the more typical approach of enumerating defendants in the case caption. [10]