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Six MLSs Sued Compass Before Compass Could Sue Them. Now the Industry Is Raising $1 Million to Fight.

Six MLSs sued Compass over listing-cooperation rules while CMLS prepares a legal fund. The emailed report explains the dispute and agents’ current obligations.

Six MLSs Sued Compass Before Compass Could Sue Them. Now the Industry Is Raising $1 Million to Fight.

Photo: Wiktor Karkocha / Unsplash. Illustrative stock photograph; not a property or company discussed in this article. Compass was getting ready to sue the MLSs. Six of them sued Compass first. The Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service and five other MLSs filed a joint complaint against Compass on Oct. 21 in federal court in Manhattan, according to Real Estate News. The other plaintiffs are BridgeMLS, Canopy MLS, Doorify MLS, Hive MLS and REcolorado. Together they serve more than 120,000 real…

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