The city of Chicago may need to rehire the workers it fired for refusing to receive a Covid vaccine, because the city violated state labor laws by denying unions the chance to negotiate over the consequences vaccine-objecting workers could face under the mandate, an administrative law judge for the ILRB has ruled
Federal appeals judges have tossed a class action lawsuit asserting the company that owns the rights to thousands of metered parking spaces in Chicago violated federal antitrust law by cutting City Hall out of control of on-street parking, forcing motorists in the city to pay among highest costs to park in U.S.
The American Council for the Blind and U.S. Department of Justice pressed claims against the city under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other statutes, asserting the city must move to improve street crossings throughout Chicago
According to city data,the firm of Loevy & Loevy has sued the city of Chicago at least 111 times since 2010, generating at least $32.9 million in fees in that span. The firm has typically represented people suing over alleged wrongful convictions or allegedly coerced confessions, and other alleged police misconduct
Lawsuit claims Ald. Sophia King, Chicago Planning department and Michael Reese Hospital redevelopment group GRIT used the city's zoning and permitting authority to block any efforts to improve or sell a property neighboring the former Michael Reese Hospital site, because the city and GRIT wanted to buy it "cheap"
Another class action lawsuit has been filed by the firm of Myron Cherry & Associates against the city over its vehicle ticketing and impoundment policies and processes.
Despite excoriating the SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v Wade, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city attorneys are seeking to use that decision to defeat a challenge to the city's Covid vaccine mandate by arguing the Dobbs decision goes further than SCOTUS intended, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints
Ruling affirms lower court's repeated rulings in favor of allowing the city to enforce the rules on short-term home rentals, such as those sold through sites like Airbnb
Mayor Lori Lightfoot loudly led the torrent of angry criticism of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v Wade. But the city is now citing that ruling in seeking to dismiss lawsuits by city workers opposing the city's Covid vaccine mandate
A Cook County judge had ruled the city's contract with labor unions doesn't apply in the case, because it is the telecom companies, not the city, doing the installation work. The city only issued permits to allow the work on its poles, the judge had ruled.
A Chicago federal judge ruled plaintiffs can continue their lawsuit accusing the city of improperly taking their cars because the city may not have sent enough notices to people whose vehicles were being seized
After a judge rejected their arguments earlier this spring, Apple opted to quit the episode, rather than continue to try to resume their lawsuit claiming the city's 9% amusement tax was unconstitutional and illegal
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to order the Chicago Police to stop using the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system to investigate suspected firearm incidents. ShotSpotter has issued a statement disputing the allegations raised in the lawsuit brought by progressive social justice organization the MacArthur Justice Center.