Zillow Files Lawsuit Against Two MLSs In Arizona

Zillow has sued two home-listing services covering the Phoenix and Milwaukee regions, accusing them of violating federal antitrust law. The complaint alleges that Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service conspired with another service to boycott Zillow’s scheduling company.

Zillow and subsidiary ShowingTime filed the antitrust suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Dec. 22.

In a statement, Zillow’s Errol Samuelson, Chief Industry Development Officer, said the lawsuit was a challenge to the Arizona services’ “authority to advantage their own products from which they stand to profit.”

A rep for the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service board of trustees said the organization will “fully dispute the allegations.”