Manatt Secures Major Victory for MRED in High-Profile Antitrust Dispute With Zillow

Key Takeaway

Manatt represented Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), a leading multiple listing service, in an antitrust dispute involving Zillow Group. The court denied Zillow’s request for preliminary injunctive relief and directed the matter to arbitration. The decision upholds the ability of multiple listing services to enforce marketplace rules and data licensing requirements.

In Depth

A Manatt litigation team secured a favorable outcome for MRED in connection with a dispute involving residential real estate listing data and marketplace access rules.

Zillow sought preliminary injunctive relief concerning access to certain listing data after MRED enforced its marketplace rules. The court denied that request and sent the matter to arbitration, concluding that Zillow had not met the standards required for preliminary injunctive relief.

The ruling is a meaningful outcome for MRED and the real estate data industry, reinforcing the importance of marketplace governance, data licensing requirements and consistent enforcement of listing distribution rules. The matter was also recognized by AmLaw Litigation Daily.

Manatt’s cross-practice litigation team represented MRED in the matter.