Virginia is suing real estate listing firms Zillow and Redfin alleging that they’ve agreed not to compete in the market connecting landlords to potential tenants.

Redfin agreed earlier this year to get out of the internet listing service business where Zillow is a major player in return for a $100 million payment, a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Jason Miyares alleges.

The lawsuit asks the U.S. District Court in Alexandria to find the two firms violated federal antitrust laws – the statutes designed to protect Americans from the high prices monopolies and cartels can charge – and to order steps to restore competition to the internet listing market for multi-family housing.

The lawsuit, joined by the attorneys general of Arizona, Connecticut, New York and Washington state, comes a few

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