Judge Bough, a federal judge in the Western District of Missouri, plays a critical role in the brokerage industry in 2023. He is presiding over the class-action antitrust lawsuit known as Sitzer/Burnett in which homesellers have sued NAR, HomeServices of America, Keller Williams Realty, Anywhere Real Estate and RE/MAX, alleging that the industry’s brokerage compensation structure is anticompetitive. The case is scheduled to go to trial in February 2023.