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Lamacchia: 'I will sue' Compass, MLS if listing fight comes to town

A prominent brokerage leader signals he'll take the private-listing battle to court if it reaches his markets, raising the temperature on an already-tense industry fight.

AJ LatraceStaff Writer View on Inman.comMay 26, 2026 4 min
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The private-listing fight now has a legal edge. A prominent brokerage leader has signaled he is prepared to sue both Compass and his local MLS if the dispute over off-market inventory reaches his markets.

The threat underscores how quickly a policy debate has become an existential one for independents who see private-listing networks as a structural advantage for the largest players.

However it resolves, the message for broker-owners is to understand their own exposure now — which listings move privately, under what rules, and what their cooperation obligations actually are.