"Filed in late-June 2025, the lawsuit contends that Zillow's listing access standards policy, which bans listings that are not available for display on Zillow within one business day of them being publicly marketed, stifles competition and has caused irreparable harm to Zillow. Compass has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction preventing Zillow from enforcing the policy, which they began rolling out nationwide on June 30, 2025. As of early November, Zillow was enforcing the policy in over 500 MLSs nationwide."
"Over the summer, the two parties were engaged in an expedited discovery process related to a hearing scheduled for Nov. 18, 2025, regarding Compass's motion for a preliminary injunction. In a supplemental brief filed by Compass ahead of the hearing, the Robert Reffkin-helmed firm claims to have uncovered evidence that Zillow and Redfin, which is not a defendant in the lawsuit, but which also announced its own yet-to-be enforced listing access standards policy, colluded to prevent competition."
"CoStar was the next to file a lawsuit against Zillow. In its suit filed in late-July in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, CoStar accuses Zillow of rampant copyright infringement of listing photos. The complaint claims that Zillow's unauthorized use of CoStar images amounts to one of the largest real estate image infringement cases in history. The photos in questions of rental properties that appear on its site, as well as on Redfin and Realtor.com, through syndication deals."
Compass sued Zillow in late June 2025, alleging that a listing access standards policy banning listings not displayed on Zillow within one business day stifles competition and causes irreparable harm. Compass sought a preliminary injunction as Zillow rolled the policy out nationwide on June 30, and Zillow was enforcing it in over 500 MLSs by early November. Expedited discovery proceeded toward a November 18 hearing, and Compass submitted a supplemental brief claiming evidence of collusion between Zillow and Redfin. Separately, CoStar filed a late-July suit accusing Zillow of widespread copyright infringement of syndicated rental listing photos, and Zillow moved to transfer that case to Seattle.
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