Cox and CP Clinic Students Quoted in RESPA

Zach Biesanz and Abigail Allen, student attorneys in Professor Prentiss Cox's Consumer Protection Clinic, were both quoted in RESPA News, a trade publication for the title insurance industry. The case they discussed, Grady v. Coldwell Banker Burnet, is a putative class action claiming that the alleged practice by Burnet of directing home buyers and sellers to its affiliate title and closing service and not disclosing lower priced competitors is a breach of Burnet’s fiduciary duty as a real estate broker. The RESPA News article stated the “industry debate continues to swirl around the case.” The case was previously featured in Ken Harney’s nationally syndicated column on real estate issues.