{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001558370-24-005253","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"EXPI","cik":"0001495932","company_name":"eXp World Holdings, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:18.661364+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-03T21:38:31.602313+00:00","sec_items":["7.01"],"event_type":"litigation","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"EXPI named in antitrust class action over buyer broker fees and commissions","bullets":["Putative class action filed April 11, 2024 in South Carolina federal court (Case No. 7:24-cv-01800-JDA).","Alleges conspiracy to restrain trade by requiring sellers to pay buyer broker fees and inflating commissions.","Plaintiffs seek to represent sellers who used a listing broker on a MLS in South Carolina from Nov 6, 2019 to present.","Suit seeks permanent injunction, damages/restitution (amount unspecified), plus attorneys' fees and costs.","Company warns additional antitrust litigation possible and could have material adverse effect on business."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-005253","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-005253.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-005253.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-005253.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495932/000155837024005253/0001558370-24-005253-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495932/000155837024005253/expi-20240411x8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-03T21:38:31.602313+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}