September 1, 2026
The Eighth Circuit sided against class action settlement objectors Tuesday and affirmed $110.6 million worth of settlements in antitrust class actions alleging the National Association of Realtors and brokerages followed anticompetitive NAR rules that artificially inflated broker commissions.
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The class is represented by Steve Berman, Rio Pierce, Nathan Emmons and Jeannie Evans of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Brandon J.B. Boulware and Jeremy Suhr of Boulware Law LLC, Robert A. Braun, Benjamin D. Brown, Sabrina Merold and Daniel H. Silverman of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll LLP, Eric L. Dirks and Michael A. Williams of Williams Dirks Dameron LLC, Michael S. Ketchmark and Scott A. McCreight of Ketchmark & McCreight, and Alexander Aiken, Matthew R. Berry, Floyd Short, Beatrice C. Franklin, Steven G. Sklaver and Marc M. Seltzer of Susman Godfrey LLP.