Chris Osborn, Mitch Skinner and Claude Szyfer offered an update on multiple industry antitrust lawsuits at the Council of Multiple Listing Services’ annual conference.
Source: Inman News
‘Don’t wait until the plane crashes’: Lawyers offer grim antitrust update
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