Lawsuit

City Hall Roundup: Dallas to Pay Out $55M to Trinity East Energy Over 2014 Lawsuit

By April Towery / February 4, 2024 /
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The Dallas City Council approved last month a massive $55 million payment to settle a lawsuit with Trinity East Energy LLC natural gas company.  The oil and gas company filed suit in 2014 claiming that Dallas backed out of a deal to issue specialty permits after entering a lease with Trinity to drill on city-owned…

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BREAKING: Jury in Sitzer/Burnett Case Finds NAR, Brokerages Guilty of Colluding to Inflate Commissions

By Candy Evans / October 31, 2023 /

It did not take long for a Kansas City jury to create a Halloween nightmare for real estate agents. The jury in the bombshell Sitzer/Burnett trial in Kansas City has found the National Association of Realtors, HomeServices of America, and Keller Williams guilty of colluding to inflate or maintain high commission rates through the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation…

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Zillow Alleges Compass Poached Employees, Files Suit

By Bethany Erickson / April 20, 2019 /
Compass, Zillow

Zillow filed suit Friday against Compass, alleging that the high-tech brokerage poached three employees from the company in a bid to abscond with intellectual property. Two suits were filed — one in federal court and one in Washington state — claiming that the three employees had signed contracts with 12-month non-compete and non-disclosure clauses. The…

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Trio of Edgemere on the Parkway Owners Sue Sellers, HOA, and Managing Agent ICI

By Jon Anderson / January 24, 2017 /

Just last month we reported on a lawsuit involving Preston Tower and now it’s been uncovered that another Pink Wall condominium is reeling from at least three lawsuits filed by recent buyers against their HOA, the prior owners, and managing agent Intercity Investments (also named in the Preston Tower suit and a third that was…

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