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Ex-Loop office tenant's conspiracy claim vs Chicago property manager JLL doesn't 'make sense' to judge

By Dan Churney | Monday, Jan 13, 2020 @ 3:05pm

Building management company Jones Lang LaSalle couldn't conspire to coerce itself into boycotting non-union contractors, the judge ruled.
Chicago property manger JLL: Ex-tenants can't sue for forcing them to use union labor; allowed under NLRA

By Dan Churney | Tuesday, Nov 20, 2018 @ 2:16am

The management company that oversees a number of Loop office buildings is saying a suit by an ex-tenant, which alleged the company made them use union rather than cheaper non-union labor for renovations and other work, is groundless, because federal labor laws allow for such union-only conditions.
Lawsuit: Landlord Jones Lang LaSalle forces tenants to use union labor, pay more for 'kickbacks'

By Jonathan Bilyk | Wednesday, Aug 15, 2018 @ 4:08pm

Saying the landlord’s acquiescence to the labor unions’ demands amounts to an illegal conspiracy to generate kickbacks for union contractors, a former tenant of an office high-rise owned by Jones Lang LaSalle in Chicago’s Loop has delivered a class action lawsuit against its ex-landlord, demanding the company be made to pay back potentially thousands of current and former tenants throughout the city for forcing them to use more expensive union labor when renovating their offices or moving in or out of office space in the JLL-managed buildings.