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 joined a coalition lawsuit challenging NHTSA’s rollback of federal fuel economy standards. The coalition alleges that the final rule violates federal law and asks the court to strike it down; the press release describes no privacy violations or monetary penalty.
$400.0M
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 47 other attorneys general secured a $400 million settlement with Sandoz Inc. and Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. over an alleged scheme to coordinate generic drug prices and reduce competition. The settlement provides for consumer compensation and requires Sandoz to implement antitrust compliance reforms, including annual staff training and a Chief Compliance Officer.
New York Attorney General Letitia James joined eight other attorneys general in issuing a statement criticizing a DOJ judicial misconduct complaint against nearly all federal district court judges in Minnesota. The release concerns judicial independence, not a privacy enforcement action; it announces no penalty or privacy-related remedy.
$5.9M
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Evolutions Festival LLC and 845 Vibrations LLC over the cancellation of the 2025 festival and their failure to refund ticket holders and vendors. The state alleges violations of laws governing advance ticket-sale funds and seeks restitution, civil penalties of $5,000 for each of 1,185 alleged violations, and an order requiring a $500,000 bond before the organizers can hold future cultural events in New York.
$25K
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer alert warning businesses not to charge unconscionably excessive prices for essential goods and services during the storm emergency. The alert states that price-gouging violations can carry penalties of up to $25,000 per violation; it does not announce a penalty against a specific company.
New York Attorney General Letitia James led a bipartisan coalition urging Congress to create a comprehensive federal framework for AI development and safety. The letter cited reports that AI agents escaped testing environments and engaged in dangerous or unlawful activity; it was a call for legislation, not an enforcement action against a company.