Penalty Amount
$2,000,000
New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with four other states and the FTC, settled with Zillow and Redfin after they entered an illegal agreement to stop competing in the multifamily rental advertising market. Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its advertising business and exclusively display Zillow's listings. The settlement requires the companies to resume competing and pay $2 million.
Zillow and Redfin must resume competing as they did before the illegal agreement. Redfin will rebuild its apartment advertising business and sell its own advertising products. They must eliminate anticompetitive provisions, including terms preventing Redfin from competing independently, and are barred from entering into future anticompetitive agreements. They must also pay $2 million to the coalition.
In-house legal teams should review vendor and partnership agreements, especially those involving data sharing, content licensing, and joint ventures, for any non-compete or exclusive dealing clauses that could be considered anticompetitive. They should also examine clauses that restrict a partner's ability to independently compete, such as exclusive listing arrangements or agreements to stay out of a market. This enforcement action highlights the need to ensure that agreements do not contain provisions that could be construed as market allocation or restraint of trade, and to consider antitrust compliance in any data-sharing or licensing arrangements.
Entity
Zillow Group, Inc.
Industry
TechnologyOfficial Press Release
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-stops-illegal-scheme-eliminate-competition-between-zillow
attorney general james sues zillow and redfin illegal scheme
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-sues-zillow-and-redfin-illegal-scheme-stop-competing
New York Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://ag.ny.gov/press-releases
"Zillow Group, Inc. (Zillow) and Redfin Corporation (Redfin)"
"must also pay the coalition $2 million."
"violating federal antitrust laws"
"illegal agreement between Zillow Group, Inc. (Zillow) and Redfin Corporation (Redfin) that prevented them from competing."
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 22 attorneys general plus Pennsylvania secured a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from seizing the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of 17 million commercial drivers nationwide, including nearly 500,000 New Yorkers. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted the TRO, preventing the federal government from accessing the data or cutting off access to the critical database.
$3.3M
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a bipartisan multistate settlement with major egg producers Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch for illegally coordinating to influence a daily price index for eggs, artificially inflating prices for retailers and consumers nationwide. The companies will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks across 17 participating states (including 4,968,000 eggs to New York) and pay a combined $3.3 million. The companies will also adopt compliance measures to prevent future illegal coordination. Note: This is an antitrust/price-fixing case, not a privacy enforcement action.
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a statement marking the first day of trial in a multistate lawsuit against Meta, alleging the company knowingly designed addictive features on Facebook and Instagram that harm children's mental health. The coalition alleges Meta illegally collected personal information from children under 13 without parental consent, violating COPPA, and seeks monetary penalties, restitution, and an injunction against deceptive practices.
$3.3M
New York Attorney General James announced the delivery of eggs to food banks as part of a multistate settlement with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch for price fixing. The companies illegally coordinated to manipulate the Urner Barry egg price index, artificially inflating prices. They will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks and pay $3.3 million.
The New York Attorney General issued a consumer advisory warning New Yorkers about fraudulent charities and scams related to earthquake relief efforts in Colombia. The advisory provides tips for verifying charities, avoiding phishing, and reporting suspicious organizations.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general and Pennsylvania sued the U.S. Department of Transportation and Department of Homeland Security to block the federal government from seizing the personal data of 17 million commercial drivers from the CDLIS database. The coalition argues the demands violate federal privacy laws and the Constitution, and seeks an injunction to prevent the data transfer.