"Zea runs www.snapflatfee.com, a brokerage that charges sellers a listing fee in exchange for limited services."
"The first motion to dismiss was jointly filed by all of the defendants, which include NAR, Beaches MLS; Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors; Miami Association of Realtors; Orlando Regional Realtor Association; Florida Gulf Coast MLS; Stellar MLS; Space Coast MLS and Space Coast Association of Realtors; RealMLS; Northeast Florida Association of Realtors; Central Panhandle Association of Realtors; Connecticut Association of Realtors; Smart MLS; West and Southeast Realtors of the Valley and Midwest Real Estate Data."
"According to the defendants, Zea's suit should be dismissed because he has not shown evidence of a personal injury, or any agreement or conspiracy among the defendants, and he has not defined any anticompetitive harm."
Zea operates SnapFlatFee, a brokerage charging sellers a listing fee for limited services and syndicating listings to MLS feeds while forwarding buyer leads directly to sellers. Zea alleges buyer's agents tied to the defendants steer clients away from properties offering reduced or no buyer-agent commission. Multiple defendants, including NAR and numerous regional MLSs and Realtor associations, filed a joint motion to dismiss arguing failure to state a claim, lack of personal injury, absence of any agreement or anticompetitive harm, and relitigation of Sitzer/Burnett issues. Several out-of-state defendants moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, and Smart MLS cites a Connecticut forum-selection clause. Plaintiff's response is pending.
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