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What matters: A review of 2011 and 2012

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2013

As you know, the last two years have seen a somewhat improved, but by no means robust, business climate. At the same time, structural shifts in the

Antitrust “tying” claims dismissed against homebuilders

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2012

The US District Court for the Eastern District of California recently ruled on the type of activity that constitutes a claim of impermissible “tying” under federal antitrust law, holding that the alleged misconduct of a group of housing developers did not give rise to an antitrust violation

Gifford files class action lawsuit against USGBC

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 18 2010

Henry Gifford, a New York City building energy consultant and long-time critic of the energy efficiency of LEED-certified buildings, filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in the Southern District of New York on October 8

Ninth Circuit finds that new home buyer plaintiffs fail to satisfy per se tying element that amount of commerce not be "insubstantial"

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 3 2009

Buyers of newly constructed homes in the Boise, Idaho, area filed a federal antitrust class action, alleging that realtors representing owners of undeveloped property tied the sale of the undeveloped lots to realtors’ services and commissions that included the new homes constructed on the lots by contractors, as well at the value of the lot

In a case alleging an illegal tie "zero foreclosure" means "zero case"

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2008

Defendants were realtors in Boise, Idaho

DOJ files action against South Carolina CMLA

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 27 2008

On May 2 the DOJ filed an antitrust action against Consolidated Multiple Listing Service (CMLS) of Columbia, South Carolina, alleging that certain policies adopted by the service harm competition for real estate brokerage services in the region

Xactimate update: court dismisses all claims

  • Jorden Burt LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 16 2009

As reported in previous issues of Expect Focus, Louisiana’s Attorney General filed suit against several property insurers, alleging that they conspired and colluded among themselves, and with co-defendants Xactware, Inc., Insurance Services Office, Inc. and McKinsey & Company Inc., to artificially reduce the value of property claims by manipulating a claim database used as an industry reference

FCC precludes exclusive agreements between cable operators and MDU owners

  • Locke Lord LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 15 2007

On October 31, 2007, the FCC announced that it was taking action to address exclusive service contracts between cable operators providing video services and owners of multi-dwelling unit properties (MDUs

ALJ dismisses FTC action against Michigan realtors association

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2008

Chief Administrative Law Judge Stephen J. McGuire has dismissed the complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Realcomp, a corporation servicing more than 2,100 Michigan real estate brokerage offices

DOJ launches website on competition in the real estate brokerage services market

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 22 2007

The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a website to educate consumers about the benefits of competition in the market for residential real estate brokerage services

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