Brokers may be held liable if
salespeople violate antitrust laws.
Not exact matches
Brokers also need policies that prohibit
salespeople who blog from making potentially libelous statements about other industry professionals or talking about commissions or business operations in ways that could
violate antitrust or fair housing
laws.
The court also rejected the argument that Iowa Realty
violated antitrust laws as a monopolist by refusing to pay a cooperative fee to Next Generation or Homebuyer's
salespeople, because there was insufficient evidence to support the argument that Iowa Realty had attempted to monopolize the market.
A real estate broker's ability to keep his firm from
violating the
antitrust laws is in direct proportion to his ability and willingness to educate his
salespeople.