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May 25, 2013

Law & Ethics: In Court Articles

Repeating an Error Doesn’t Make It Yours

Publish Date: Sun, 06/01/2008

Sharing MLS data that contains errors with a buyer client doesn’t make you guilty of negligent misrepresentation, even if the buyer relied on that erroneous information in making a purchase.

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Prospect List Not a Trade Secret

Publish Date: Tue, 04/01/2008

You know how valuable your prospect list is, but you may not have a legal leg to stand on if a competitor gets hold of it. At least that was the decision of South Carolina’s Supreme Court.

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Yes, You Can Protect Listings

Publish Date: Fri, 02/01/2008

The decision by a federal appeals court to prohibit a competitor for copying listings from a yacht brokerage database may have implications for real estate.

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Scamming the Mortgage Scammer

Publish Date: Tue, 01/01/2008

You know things are getting surreal when one party to a fraud scheme is scammed by another — and then tries to sue and recover damages.

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One Buyer at a Time

Publish Date: Sat, 12/01/2007

Montana’s highest court has ruled that an agent can’t work on behalf of more than one buyer bidding on the same property.

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HOA Must Follow Fair Housing

Publish Date: Sat, 09/01/2007

An Indiana court has ruled that efforts by a homeowner’s association to enforce an antileasing covenant violated the Fair Housing Act.

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MLS Merger Voided

Publish Date: Sat, 09/01/2007

An Illinois court has determined that a vote to merge two MLSs was invalid because a quorum was not present for the vote at one of the MLSs, as required in the group’s bylaws.

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Buyers Buy Later; You Still Get Paid

Publish Date: Wed, 08/01/2007

A Missouri appeals court has ruled that a real estate brokerage was entitled to a commission when a buyer it had represented purchased a home the brokerage had previously shown her, even though the buyer’s rep agreement had expired.

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Buyers Are on Their Own

Publish Date: Wed, 08/01/2007

An Ohio appellate court has ruled that a buyer’s representative wasn’t liable for injuries a prospective buyer suffered when visiting a property alone.

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Court Says Salesperson Was Employee

Publish Date: Sun, 07/01/2007

A federal appellate court has determined that a real estate brokerage can be liable for the sexual harassment of a salesperson that the brokerage had treated like an independent contractor.

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