Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Windy, Hannah Holdings, Exit Realty, William Ravis, and Cry Lake have all denied anti -trade claims to them with new courts submitted on Monday.
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Many famous real estate companies are counterattack, despite the accumulation of the Home Seller Committee’s litigation.
January 27, Berkshire Hae Energy (Home Service of America), Windamia Real Estate, EXIT REALTY, WILLIAM Raveis Real Estate ES has submitted an answer to the lawsuit In the case of Gibson, he denies the lawsuit and defends himself in opposition to the claim of the lawsuit.
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“BHE denies that it has an anti -competitive or anti -competitive effect, or is involved in or involved in the existence. Energy, which owns a home service and is a subsidiary of Warlenba Fet Berkshire Hayaway. The company writes in legal submission documents.
“BHE denies the responsibility of the plaintiff, denies that the case is suitable for collective lawsuit treatment, and has violated the Federal Exclusive Law.”
Gibson litigation was the first anti -Trust Committee’s lawsuit submitted after JU’s judge in Sizzer in October 2023 | Won awarded.
Gibson’s lawsuit, like Sizzer, will challenge the rules of the currently abolished National Real estate agent association. The broker claims that the plaintiff has violated the Shaman anti -trade method to submit the list to multiple listing services, demanding that the buyer broker provides compensation.
However, the scope of Gibbsons may be much greater than the scope of his predecessor. Gibson said, “Everyone who has listed assets in multiple listing services in the United States will use a listing agent or broker belonging to a company.” I paid.
Monday applications are almost the same in the denial of the claim in the lawsuit. For example, the EXIT Realty lawyer in a legal declaration, “The defendant has acknowledged the plaintiff to make a claim based on the estimated class on behalf of himself and the estimated class, but the members of the estimated class. He rejected a valid claim and denied that he had violated the anti -Trust method, causing all the plaintiffs or the members of the plaintiff or the estimated class. The plaintiff or the estimated class refuses to rescue, and is denied that there is an estimated class (as later defined), and the remaining claims. I deny … “
In addition to refusing to file a lawsuit, the defendant has also filed a defense of their application, from eight Hanna Holdings’s eight defense to 32 defense in the film of Crame Lake.
Defense accused the plaintiff’s “standing” (the right to appeal), stating that the members of the class need to arbitrate their claims, and the plaintiff maintains the damage or injury caused by the defendant. He claimed that he had not done it, and stated that the action of the problem was a problem. In the lawsuit, “competitive” did not reduce competition. He claimed that the claim was banned by the law of restrictions, and claimed that the plaintiff has agreed to the defendant’s petition.
In addition, Hannah and Crai -Like have stated that plaintiffs’ claims are banned for nationwide NAR settlements. Crye-Leike states that the reconciliation contains Crye-Leike as “a relieved political party”, but Hanna believes that Gibson’s claim has been released in that transaction. 。 Conspiracy as a whole. “
Compass, Douglas Eliman, Real Broker,@Properties, Redfin, Realty One Group, Engel & Völkers, UNITED REAL ESTATE, NEXTHOME, COMPAN Several other defendants, including Y, John L. Scott Real Estate Affiliates The case has been resolved. K Company Realty.
This week, the other two companies participated in the list. Real estate 1 and BAIRD & Warner agree to pay $ 1.5 million and $ 2.2 million, respectively, and added up to $ 3.7 million.
The plaintiffs say to the court, “Including the conditions and conditions of the previous 13 Gibson settlements, including substantially similar customs changes or agreements to maintain certain practices, as well as the conditions and conditions of all the previous 13 Gibson settlements. It is the same. ” The court subsequently provided a preliminary approval on Tuesday, January 28.
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