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Inman Connect Two former Howard Hanna agents the brokerage sued last month have filed counterclaims alleging Howard Hanna is withholding their compensation after they were recruited by rival Compass. In a March 23 amended complaint, Pittsburgh-based Howard Hanna alleged New York City-based Compass aided and abetted three former Howard Hanna agents Michael Hornung, Jennifer Crouse and Leah George to breach non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality provisions in the agents’ contracts with Howard Hanna and steal the brokerage’s trade secrets in order to burnish Compass’s image as a disruptive tech company in advance of its initial public offering. The allegations are similar to those made by Zillow against Compass in an April 2019 lawsuit that ultimately settled and in a July 2019 suit filed by Realogy against Compass that is ongoing. Meanwhile, high-end Los Angeles-based brokerage The Agency accused Compass in a lawsuit Friday of illegally try ....