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After exchanging post-hearing briefs late last week in their ongoing antitrust dispute<\/a>, \u0417\u0438\u043b\u043b\u043e\u0443<\/strong>, \u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043e \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0436\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0421\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0417\u0430\u043f\u0430\u0434\u0430<\/strong> (MRED) and \u041a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u0441<\/strong> filed replies to each others\u2019 briefs on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In briefs<\/a> filed last Thursday, Zillow alleged an \u201cunlawful conspiracy\u201d to cut off its access to Chicagoland listing data while defendants Compass and MRED countered that the company\u2019s harm is \u201cself-inflicted.\u201d<\/p>\n

These briefs come after the parties took part in a two-day hearing <\/a>regarding Zillow\u2019s preliminary injunction motion <\/a>seeking to prevent MRED from suspending its listing data feed. The motion is part of a larger antitrust lawsuit <\/a>filed by Zillow in mid-May, in which the listing portal claims that MRED conspired with Compass to not only expand nationwide<\/a>, but to cut off its listing feed to Zillow, by updating its IDX display \u201cobjective criteria\u201d policy<\/a> so that Zillow would be in violation of the policy if it enforced its listing access standards policy in the Chicagoland area. Under the policy, which Zillow debuted in April 2025<\/a>, any listing that is publicly marketed for more than one business day prior to being available for display on IDX or VOW feed powered websites is banned from the listing portal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zillow responds<\/h2>\n

In its response to MRED and Compass\u2019s post-hearing briefs, Zillow claimed that the lawsuit\u2019s two defendants used their filings to \u201cminimize isolated parts of their conspiracy and offer self-serving denials flatly contradicted by their own testimony and contemporaneous documents.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing in Defendants\u2019 briefs rebuts Zillow\u2019s showing that it is likely to prevail on the merits,\u201d Zillow response claims.<\/p>\n

The company goes on to claim that the horizontal group boycott it has alleged between Compass and MRED is a per se violation of antitrust law and that even under the rule of reason test, Zillow would prevail as it has \u201cshown substantial anticompetitive effects flowing from the boycott.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The plaintiff argues that due to the lack of pro-competitive justifications made by Compass and MRED for its alleged group boycott, the court should grant its preliminary injunction motion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsent relief, Zillow faces irreparable harm from the false choice that Defendants have engineered, the erosion of Zillow\u2019s brand, goodwill and competitive position, and the injury to nascent platform product Zillow Preview,\u201d Zillow\u2019s filing states.<\/p>\n

Who has the monopoly?<\/h2>\n

For its part, MRED claimed in its filing that Zillow cannot prove MRED has monopoly power because brokers can provide listings directly to Zillow, which already receives direct feeds covering a significant portion of the Chicagoland market and that MRED\u2019s objective criteria rule promotes competition by preventing listings from being withheld. Additionally, MRED maintained that its enforcement of the objective criteria rule and its national expansion strategy were legitimate business decisions rather than the result of a conspiracy with Compass or attempts to exclude Zillow, meaning that the MLS feels Zillow is unlikely to succeed on its monopolization claim.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, in a joint reply brief, both MRED and Compass claim that Zillow is trying to use this lawsuit to \u201cshield itself from the consequences of its own anticompetitive tactics.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cZillow manufactured a listing ban to thwart consumer choice by punishing homesellers and agents who privately market homes\u2014 blacklisting them until sellers fire their agents and hire new ones,\u201d the filing states. \u201cThe ban violates MRED\u2019s procompetitive display rules, which prohibit all feed recipients from filtering listings using nonobjective criteria, such as agent identity, and misrepresenting listings.\u201d<\/p>\n

The filing goes on to claim that Zillow\u2019s listing access standards policy is specifically targeted to Compass and the response by the defendants to Zillow\u2019s policy and alleged threats were not a conspiracy, but \u201cunilateral defenses against Zillow\u2019s anticompetitive attacks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cZillow paints itself as an innocent transparency advocate, too weak to protect itself from the \u2018dominant\u2019 Defendants,\u201d the defendants\u2019 reply states. \u201cThe facts show exactly the opposite. Zillow is trying to wield its power, using the \u2018largest audience of buyers on the internet\u2019 to force homesellers and agents into immediate public marketing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to this, the defendants reiterate their argument that Zillow\u2019s preliminary injunction should not be granted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Judge John Tharp Jr., who is overseeing the lawsuit, will take all of these arguments as well as those the parties made during the two-day hearing on the motion earlier this month into consideration as he contemplates his decision.<\/a> It is unknown how long the court will take to rule on the motion, but it may take weeks if not months for the parties to have an answer.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After exchanging post-hearing briefs late last week in their ongoing antitrust dispute, Zillow, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass filed replies to each others\u2019 briefs on Monday.\u00a0 In briefs filed last Thursday, Zillow alleged an \u201cunlawful conspiracy\u201d to cut off its access to Chicagoland listing data while defendants Compass and MRED countered that the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nZillow says conspiracy, MRED and Compass say Zillow did this to itself - Houses Marketplace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/ru\/zillow-says-conspiracy-mred-and-compass-say-zillow-did-this-to-itself\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zillow says conspiracy, MRED and Compass say Zillow did this to itself\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After exchanging post-hearing briefs late last week in their ongoing antitrust dispute, Zillow, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass filed replies to each others\u2019 briefs on Monday.\u00a0 In briefs filed last Thursday, Zillow alleged an \u201cunlawful conspiracy\u201d to cut off its access to Chicagoland listing data while defendants Compass and MRED countered that the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/ru\/zillow-says-conspiracy-mred-and-compass-say-zillow-did-this-to-itself\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Houses Marketplace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T01:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u041d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043d\u043e \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043c\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0447\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u044b\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/\",\"name\":\"Houses Marketplace\",\"description\":\"International Real Estate\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/zillow-says-conspiracy-mred-and-compass-say-zillow-did-this-to-itself\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/zillow-says-conspiracy-mred-and-compass-say-zillow-did-this-to-itself\/\",\"name\":\"Zillow says conspiracy, MRED and Compass say Zillow did this to itself - 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