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Eamon Dowd

Eamon Dowd is an associate in the firm's Washington, DC office. He is a member of the Antitrust/Competition Practice Group. Eamon represents clients in antitrust investigations before the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, as well as in civil antitrust litigation. He also counsels clients on a variety of antitrust topics.

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In Lutz v. HomeServices of America, Inc. et al., No. 4:24-cv-10040-KMM, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed antitrust claims brought by a proposed class of homebuyers seeking to enjoin implementation of rules promulgated by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) relating to commissions paid to real estate brokers representing homebuyers.Continue Reading Court Finds Homebuyers Lack Antitrust Standing to Challenge Real Estate Brokerage Commission Rules

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently dismissed a horizontal antitrust conspiracy claim brought by a proposed class of homebuyers against a real estate brokerage company, while allowing the homebuyers’ claims based upon vertical agreements to continue.  Continue Reading Court Dismisses Homebuyers’ Trade Association Horizontal Conspiracy Claim