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More Legal Woes for Consolidated MLS

Dennis Norman

In August 2009 there was a final judgment entered in the case United States of America vs Consolidated Multiple Listing Service, Inc.  which stated “Consolidated (CMLS) can no longer deter low-cost or innovative brokers from competing in Columbia by charging a premium price for membership.”  At the time CMLS was apparently charging an initiation

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MLS's cannot exclude discount brokers or new business models

Dennis Norman

On May 2, 2008 the United States of America filed a complaint against Consolidated Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (“CMLS”), the MLS provider in the Columbia, South Carolina area, alleging CMLS had adopted rules and practices that exclude competitors from and restrain competition in the Columbia, South Carolina, real estate brokerage market in violation

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