Real estate firm Hanna Holdings Inc. must continue to litigate antitrust claims by homeowners who accused the firm of inflating brokerage commission fees, after a federal judge found the plaintiffs plausibly alleged direct evidence of an agreement between Hanna and its competitor brokerages.
The Monday ruling comes less than a year after the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania had dismissed the case, holding the plaintiffs didn’t allege a “horizontal” agreement between competitors at the same level but allowed the homeowners to amend their complaint and refile.
The lawsuit, first brought in 2024, claims Hanna conspired with ...