MLS PIN settlement gains preliminary approval

This is not the first time Saris has granted preliminary approval to a settlement between the two parties. She granted preliminary approval to their original agreement in September 2023 only to have the Department of Justice (DOJ) file an amicus brief just weeks later stating that it had “significant concerns” about the settlement.

Unlike other commission lawsuit settlement agreements — like the one negotiated by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in the Sitzer/Burnett suit — MLS PIN’s original settlement did not ban offers of buyer broker compensation from the platform.

In later filings in the Nosalek suit, the DOJ argued that it did not want upfront offers of buyer broker compensation displayed or shared anywhere. 

MLS PIN and the Nosalek plaintiffs have…