There are currently a number of lawsuits from some real estate sellers against the National Association of Realtors, claiming that brokers and agencies have been overcharging their fees or commissions on the sales of real estate. To understand this lawsuit and what is happening, you first need to understand the laws of agency and the changes that have happened over the past 30 years in these laws and representation, and to further understand this lawsuit, we need to go back 40 to 50 years on how the laws of agency have changed.