( February 13, 2026, 9:41 AM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri issued two orders on the same day granting final approval of settlements in two Sherman Act class lawsuits over the cost of commissions in residential real estate transactions with a total of nine companies; the plaintiffs in the cases, one of which is a consolidated case, had jointly moved for approval of the agreements that provide practice changes as well as payments totaling more than $42 million, bringing the recovery in the overall litigation to more than $1.08 billion....