( May 16, 2024, 9:16 AM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri granted a motion to appoint six law firms as interim co-lead class counsel in a consolidated case by home sellers accusing the National Association of Realtors (NAR), real estate franchises and brokers of violating the Sherman Act by entering into an agreement to artificially inflate the cost of commissions in residential real estate transactions; the appointment comes on the heels of a notice of a pending settlement filed by one of the defendants, Redfin Corp....