"Eytalis claims that WFAR has billed her and her firm several times over the past year for overdue membership fees for agents she claims are no longer active. In the motion, Eytalis states that in late August, WFAR sent a termination threat letter that asked her to pay her agents' overdue fees by this past Monday. If she lost access to the MLS, Eytalis said this would wipe out 70 listings and cause her to lose roughly $30,000 in monthly commission revenue."
"Plaintiff is seeking declarations from other brokers facing similar harms to show a pattern of anticompetitive conduct. Plaintiff is obtaining affidavits from affected brokers (to be supplemented if needed), showing WFAR's threats have driven agents out of the market since 2023, reducing consumer choices, the filing states. As of Friday, when Eytalis filed her motion, she claims that WFAR had not retracted its premature threat. In her appeal, Eytalis has claimed that the court overlooked evidence of monopolistic practices that violate federal antitrust law."
Eytalis filed a suit in mid-August and moved to preserve the status quo during her appeal of its dismissal. She alleges WFAR billed her firm repeatedly for overdue membership fees tied to agents she says are no longer active and sent a late-August termination threat demanding payment by Monday. She warns loss of MLS access would eliminate 70 listings and cost about $30,000 monthly in commissions. Plaintiff is collecting declarations and affidavits from other brokers to show alleged anticompetitive conduct and claims court overlooked monopolistic-evidence against WFAR. Defendants maintain the dismissals were correct and defend their member value focus.
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