$9 million Hamptons legal tussle continues

A legal battle against 21 real estate brokerages, four individuals and two real estate service providers in the Hamptons has continued this month, with several legal claims and motions filed back and forth. Many of the firms accused in Suffolk Research Service owners George and Jean Simpson’s $9 million lawsuit against the Corcoran Group, Prudential Douglas Elliman, Sotheby’s, Brown Harris Stevens and others have filed motions to dismiss the case. The Simpsons’ lawsuit alleges the brokers are illegally hoarding property data by charging too much for their shared online listing service. The Simpsons responded with a motion for a default judgment against some of the companies they sued, including BHS and Coldwell Banker Prestigious Properties.