---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-120153"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOUG"
cik: "0001878897"
company_name: "Douglas Elliman Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:46:47.134138+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Elliman settles nationwide commission class actions for $7.75M guaranteed plus $10M contingent

## Summary
- Settles Gibson and Umpa class actions on behalf of sellers regarding real estate brokerage fees nationwide.
- Guaranteed payment of $7.75M due within 30 business days of preliminary court approval, expected Q2 2024.
- Up to $5M contingent payment due by Dec 2025 if cash balance >= $40M; additional $5M by Dec 2026.
- Agreed to business practice changes: disclose commissions are negotiable, no mandatory compensation offers, training.
- Settlement is not an admission of liability; company denies allegations; subject to final court approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-120153
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOUG
- cik: 0001878897
- company_name: Douglas Elliman Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878897/000119312524120153/0001193125-24-120153-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878897/000119312524120153/d825048d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Douglas Elliman Inc. entered into Settlement Agreement with the settlement class valued at $7.75 million within 30 business days of preliminary approval, as well as two $5 million contingent (effective 2024-04-26).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: settlement
  - Counterparty: the settlement class
  - Value: $7.75 million within 30 business days of preliminary approval, as well as two $5 million contingent
  - Effective: 2024-04-26
  source text: On April 26, 2024, Douglas Elliman Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiary, Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC (collectively, “Douglas Elliman”), entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) to resolve on a nationwide basis the pending class action litigations, Gibson v. NAR, No. 4:23-cv-00788-SRB (W.D. Mo.) and Umpa v. NAR, 4:23-cv-00945-SRB (W.D. Mo.) (the “Lawsuits”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878897/000119312524120153/0001193125-24-120153-index.htm

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