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WEBFederal judge dismisses case against DCFS workers over boy’s death. A man failed to adequately allege that state welfare workers violated his 6-year-old son’s due process rights when they closed an investigation into abuse allegations two months before the boy was beaten to death, a federal judge held. By Patricia Manson.
Cook County jury awards $4.5M over online harassment
WEB1 day ago · A Cook County jury awarded $4.5 million to a restaurant server who alleged he was harassed and defamed online by his former employer.Cody Nason was a server at Michelin-star restaurant Acadia on the South Side of Chicago, under the direction of Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Ryan McCaskey.Nason started working at the restaurant in April ...
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WEBFederal judge dismisses case against DCFS workers over boy’s death. A man failed to adequately allege that state welfare workers violated his 6-year-old son’s due process rights when they closed an investigation into abuse allegations two months before the boy was beaten to death, a federal judge held.
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WEBOct 2, 2013 · FBI to pay $22M to settle sexual discrimination case. The FBI agreed Monday to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need ...
Lawmakers asking voters to sound off on 3 hot-button issues
WEB1 day ago · Posted October 10, 2024 2:59 PM. Lawmakers in Illinois are asking voters to weigh in on three hot-button issues on their ballots this year: election interference, income taxes and reproductive health care.Voters in Illinois are being posed three “advisory” questions that ask voters whether they support a specific policy but aren’t legally ...
Judge holds building owner must pay tenants’ relocation fees
WEBSep 10, 2024 · An apartment building owner is not entitled to injunctive relief that would block the city of Chicago from requiring it to pay a $10,600 relocation fee to renters who do not sign a new lease, a federal judge ruled.In a written opinion, U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland of the Northern District of Illinois held BBLI Edison LLC failed to support its request to halt enforcement of the fee ...
Chicago ordinance does not violate condo owner’s rights, court rules
WEBPosted September 24, 2024 2:53 PM. The city of Chicago did not violate a condominium owner’s rights by allowing his condo association to prohibit him from listing his unit on Airbnb or other home-sharing platforms for short-term rentals, a federal appeals court held.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected plaintiff Michael Mogan’s ...
Takings clause — short-term rental ban
WEB2 days ago · Where declaration and bylaws that existed when owner purchased condominium prohibited leases of less than 30 days, plaintiff’s takings challenge to Chicago’s Shared Housing Ordinance failed.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by Judge Sara L. Ellis, Northern District of Illinois.Michael Mogan, the owner of a condominium, brought claims against the City of Chicago and ...