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Items unredacted or remain redacted in Fabiola Acevedo v. eXp
Plaintiffs motion to unredact several logs of defendant meeting minutes was partially granted recently in the sexual assault case Fabiola Acevedo v. eXp World Holdings.
Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg mostly denied plaintiffs’ motions compelling the production of the defendants’ unredacted Compliance Committee Meeting Minutes, but granted access to the unredacted documents for two different log entries.
One item deals with a sexual harassment complaint, and all information (name of the complainant, the name of a third-party company and the outcome) will be unredacted, except for the name of the accused.
Another separate item was also unredacted, seemingly also related to sexual harassment, with the court saying it “raises the same issues.”
In addition, the court ruled that eXp actually erred as part of one redaction, but still denied plaintiffs’ request to unredact it.
eXp has until January 10 to comply with the order.
Willsim Latham v. Metrolist Services stayed again
Willsim Latham v. Metrolist Services has been stayed again by Judge Kimberly J. Mueller as the approved NAR settlement hears appeals and as the eXp settlement in 1925 Hooper v. NAR pends final approval. The case was previously stayed in June and again in July in regard to NAR and the eXp settlements pending final approval.
Another homeseller commission lawsuit—aka a Burnett copycat—Willsim Latham v. Metrolist Services is a little different in that it specifically takes aim at the MLS Metrolist rather than a REALTOR® association.
