Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001398987-25-000067
Chunk: 31

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 31
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 violations of federal and state antitrust laws along with a common law claim of economic harm. The Company's motion to dismiss was heard by the court on February 20, 2025.McFall v. Canadian Real Estate Association, et al., Federal Court, Canada, Court File No. T-119-24. In this putative class action, filed on January 18, 2024, plaintiff alleges that Coldwell Banker Canada, amongst other brokers, franchisors, Regional Real Estate Boards and the Canadian Real Estate Board conspired to fix the price of buyer brokerage services in violation of civil and criminal statutes. On March 14, 2024, the Court entered an order functionally staying the matter pending further order of the court. We believe the court will reexamine this order upon conclusion of the appeal in a previously filed matter involving similar allegations but different parties.Telephone Consumer Protection Act LitigationBumpus, et al. v. Realogy Holdings Corp., et al. (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division). In this class action filed on June 11, 2019, plaintiffs allege that independent sales agents affiliated with Anywhere Advisors LLC violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) using dialers provided by Mojo Dialing 

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Solutions, LLC and others. Plaintiffs seek relief on behalf of a National Do Not Call Registry class, an Internal Do Not Call class, and an Artificial or Prerecorded Message class.In January 2025, the Company entered into a settlement of the case pursuant to which it will pay $20 million ($19 million remaining), subject to final approval by the court. The court granted preliminary approval of the settlement on March 10, 2025, subject to the terms and conditions of the court’s order. The final approval hearing for the settlement has been set for August 28, 2025.* * *Cendant Corporate Liabilities and Legacy Tax MatterAnywhere Group (then Realogy Corporation) separated from Cendant on July 31, 2006 (the "Separation"), pursuant to a plan by Cendant (now known as Avis Budget Group, Inc.) to separate into four independent companies—one for each of Cendant's business units—real estate services (Anywhere Group, formerly referred to as Realogy Group), travel distribution services ("Travelport"), hospitality services, including timeshare resorts ("Wyndham Worldwide"), and vehicle rental ("Avis Budget Group"). Pursuant to