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The Real Estate Commission Settlement – What Does It Mean Other for Commission-Based Industries?

A Kansas City jury recently awarded a class of approximately 500,000 Missouri home sellers a verdict of $1.78 billion against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the four largest real estate broker franchises, finding the real estate entities conspired to require home sellers to pay an inflated brokerage commission in violation of antitrust laws. In Sitzer, et al., v. National Association of Realtors et al., Plaintiffs alleged that if a home seller did not agree to pay a set commission (usually 5-6%), his/her property would not be included on the “Multiple Listing Service” or MLS, […]

By Matthew D. Berkowitz and Jeffrey Brundage|2024-04-24T15:09:30-04:00April 24th, 2024|Practice Areas: Class Action|Topics: antitrust, brokerage, collusion, commission, conspiracy, home sellers, industry changes, lawsuit, Litigation, medical device sales, MLS, NAR, pharmaceutical, real estate, travel industry|

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Preliminary Approval of Settlement in Cannabis Dispensary Employee Class Action Lawsuit

The New Mexico federal court preliminarily approved a class action settlement for $525,000 in a wage claim asserted by a group of hourly employees from two cannabis dispensary chains, Medicine Man Technologies, Inc. (which does business in New Mexico as Schwazze) and R. Greenleaf Organics, Inc.

The “budtenders,” as the employees are classified, typically earn more than $30 per month in tips in addition to an hourly rate of $15.75. The lawsuit alleges that it is company-wide policy for cash tips to be pooled and distributed to employees at the end of each workday in proportion to […]

By Stephen Rutigliano and Tina Maiolo|2024-04-12T13:30:53-04:00April 12th, 2024|Practice Areas: Class Action|Topics: cannabis dispensary, cannabis law, Class Action, class action settlement, lawsuit, new mexico|

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