{"id":147129,"date":"2026-03-26T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/?p=147129"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:13:02","slug":"antitrust-litigation-against-major-brokerages-can-largely-move-forward-fed-judge-in-chicago-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/26\/antitrust-litigation-against-major-brokerages-can-largely-move-forward-fed-judge-in-chicago-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Antitrust Litigation Against Major Brokerages Can Largely Move Forward, Fed. Judge in Chicago Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major real estate firms will have to face claims that their commission practices drove up home prices across the nation, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said this week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/951899123\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/951899123\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/951899123\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" 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