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DOJ vs. NAR
The big news today, according to Inman, is that the Judge has ruled against the National Association of Realtor’s motion to dismiss the suit against them by the Department of Justice.
I don’t think this is a surprise. In fact, had the Judge ruled otherwise, it would have been a great disappointment. A [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: DOJ, NAR, News
Comments: 22
Here’s a question only the Governor can answer
Why does the law say “a licensee who works with a BUYER represents that BUYER unless…”
Aren’t SELLER constituents deemed worthy of “equal protections under the law”? Why doesn’t the law say “consumer” generically, so that unrepresented sellers have the same protections, and not just a consumer when a BUYER? Why doesn’t it [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: agents, DOJ, licensee, NAR, real-estate
Comments: 4
Day One - Realtor Mid-Year
I just attended my first meeting at the NAR Mid-Year. It was the MLS Association Executives Committee Meeting. There were three presenters to the group and I will provide some highlights of their presentations.
Laurie Janik, NAR General Counsel
Laurie indicated that claims against MLS under the NAR EO Insurance Policy have for the first time [...]
Posted: May 16th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: advice, agents, competition, conference, DOJ, NAR, realtor, Zillow
Comments: 7
Russ on Listing Copyrights
RCG contributors have been all over Inman News lately…
Today Russ is giving his opinion on two papers recently released by MRIS (Washington DC MLS) that have to do with the copyrights that agents have on listings.
The general thrust of the reports are that real estate agents should assert the copyright on their listings: [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: copyright, DOJ, legal, NAR, real-estate
Comments: 20
DOJ, Copyright and Real Estate Listings
I just noticed an interesting article published in the Inman News by RCG contributor, Russ Cofano, that provides an interesting perspective on the extent to which a listing broker can copyright a listing (requires a subscription after today).
In a recent news publication, attorney J.T. Westermeier, partner in the firm of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray [...]
Posted: March 17th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: copyright, DOJ, listings, News, Real Estate Law
Comments: 9
DOJ-”opt-out” and a war with a “discounter”
A new Broker opens an office and has no listings yet. He goes to area brokers and asks if he can advertise their listings in his “window” to help get him started. Mostly they say yes. They are not trying to force out the competition and they are more than willing to [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: discount-broker, DOJ, NAR, National-News, News, Real Estate Law
Comments: 7
DOJ suing NAR and the “opt out” clause
Galen: “As I understand it, the Justice Department is not challenging this sort of (NWMLS) setup.”
The reason NWMLS is not affected by the DOJ suit is because the DOJ is suing NAR. Most mls systems are owned by NAR and State Boards of Realtors. Ours is one of the few in the [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: DOJ, NAR, opt-out
Comments: 2
