{"id":2954,"date":"2022-03-21T20:11:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/21\/lawsuit-alleges-realtor-com-operator-move-inc-defrauded-agents\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:41:04","slug":"lawsuit-alleges-realtor-com-operator-move-inc-defrauded-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/21\/lawsuit-alleges-realtor-com-operator-move-inc-defrauded-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit alleges Realtor.com operator Move Inc defrauded agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Six former sales representatives of <strong>Move Inc<\/strong>, the operator of Realtor.com, filed a lawsuit alleging that they were victims of an \u201cabusive\u201d and \u201ctoxic\u201d work environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defendants in the suit are Move parent company <strong>News Corp<\/strong>, the <strong>National Association of Realtors<\/strong>, and former Move executives Leo Jay and William \u201cBill\u201d Sperry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the official, <a href=\"https:\/\/webassets.inman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Complaint_03092022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">88-page complaint<\/a> filed on March 9, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the plaintiffs claim that they were told lies about Move\u2019s products, which they \u201cinnocently\u201d repeated to real estate agents. These alleged lies were designed to mislead customers about the quality and quantity of Move\u2019s products and services, the lawsuit claims. The plaintiffs allege that they were told to push the \u201cexclusive\u201d nature of products and offer real estate agents discounts, preferred pricing, and other incentives in order to make sales. In the complaint the plaintiffs allege that this \u201cfrequently false\u201d information was part of a \u201cscheme to defraud customers\/clients through each plaintiff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaint states: \u201cDefendants knew that the information was false and incorrect and never had any intent to honor such pricing, incentives, and discounts. Moreover, when customers and clients discovered the fraudulent and false information, Defendants would blame each Plaintiff (and other salespersons) to the customer, punish each Plaintiff and remove the potential sale from each Plaintiff\u2019s sales\u2019 opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When real estate agents canceled the services they had signed up for after they learned they were allegedly lied to, the suit alleges that the sales commissions were deducted from the sales representative\u2019s compensation and then allegedly split among the defendants. The plaintiffs allege that this \u201cclaw back policy\u201d was more harshly applied to employees who are over 40 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sales representatives involved in the suit also claim that employees who are members of a protected class received fewer resources, lower-quality assignments, lesser compensation and job benefits, less credit for accomplishments, harsher criticism and discipline, inaccurate and unfair performance reviews, fewer promotions, and less respect for their professional opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suit alleges that the defendants \u201cproduced a culture of racism, sexism, discrimination, harassment and retaliation\u201d at the company and did not put in place the necessary background checks or training that would have helped promote a more positive and safer work environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the six plaintiffs in the case filed a discrimination complaint against the defendants with the <strong>California Department of Fair Employment and Housing<\/strong> (\u201cDFEH\u201d). After these complaints were filed, the suit alleges that instead of addressing the issues, the defendants retaliated against the plaintiffs with \u201cless favorable working conditions and severe and blatant disparate treatment,\u201d and \u201chostile, unprofessional, unlawful and tyrannical\u201d behavior from Move\u2019s former vice president of sales, Leo Jay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the complaint, this forced the plaintiffs to adjust their \u201cschedule, walking path, duties and efforts to avoid racist and discriminatory interactions with the identified managers and Supervisors who perpetrated such conduct.\u201d In addition, \u201ceach plaintiff had to work longer hours (for which they were not paid), expend more energy and effort (physical and emotional) and work with less support (resources, interaction with supervisors and management), etc. to attempt to minimize the pervasiveness of the hostile and discriminatory environment,\u201d the complaint states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for NewsCorp and Move said in an email that, &#8220;We believe the allegations are without merit and we intend to vigorously defend against them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAR has not returned RealTrend&#8217;s request for comment However, a spokesperson for NAR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inman.com\/2022\/03\/16\/suit-accuses-realtor-com-operator-move-of-defrauding-agents-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> <strong>Inman News<\/strong>, which first reported the lawsuit, that it expects to be dismissed from the case as it is not a joint employer as was incorrectly alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, the plaintiffs allege 20 counts against the defendants in the complaint, including negligence; breach of contract; theft of sales commissions; unfair competition; fraud and deceit; age, gender, race, religious and disability discrimination; intentional infliction of emotional distress; and whistleblower retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time Move\u2019s practices have been called into question. In January 2018, former Move sales representative Brian Bobrik <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inman.com\/2018\/01\/11\/lawsuit-accuses-realtor-com-of-defrauding-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged<\/a> that he was wrongfully terminated from Move in retaliation for objecting to and refusing to participate in what he believed to be unlawful conduct as well as for requesting accommodations for a disability. In September 2020, Moves former senior vice president of industry relations, Suzanne Mueller, filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inman.com\/2020\/09\/30\/former-move-industry-relations-exec-sues-over-alleged-sexual-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her own suit<\/a> alleging that the company discriminated against her on the basis of sex and age. Mueller also alleged that the company retaliated against her for participating in a sexual harassment investigation against a NAR executive. 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