Compass Drops Lawsuit Over Zillow’s Home-Listing Rules (1)

Compass Inc.is dropping its lawsuit over a ban by home-search site Zillow Group Inc. on certain new listings, ending a months-long legal fight in a New York federal court over how homes are marketed and sold.

Compass, the largest real estate brokerage in the US, said in a court filing Wednesday that its suit was being voluntarily dismissed, a month after a judge denied the company’s request to temporarily block Zillow from refusing to list homes that have been advertised elsewhere first.

“Our goal has always been to give homeowners more choice to decide when, where, and how to ...