What to make of the California Regional MLS’s complaint against Compass in New York district court this past week? It looks as though CRMLS moved to strike first by asking a judge to declare its rules legal, perhaps forestalling what has appeared to be an imminent legal battle with Compass. Attorneys for CRMLS worked in some choice words against the brokerage in the lawsuit, calling Compass a “bully” looking to take a “free ride” on the data of other brokerages, “while hoarding its own inventory.” The legal filing came after two demand letters that Compass sent to the CRMLS, the […]
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