Berkshire Unit Denied in Bid to End Real Estate Commission Case

A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will continue litigating claims that it conspired to inflate real estate broker commissions after a federal judge denied the organization’s bid for summary judgment.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. was specifically carved out from released parties in a $250 million settlement with HomeServices of America Inc., said Judge Stephen R. Bough of the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri. BHE is the parent company of HSA.

“Here the Court finds that the Settlement Agreement’s context also confirms the parties’ intent to exclude BHE from the release,” Bough said.

In 2023, a Missouri ...