{"id":1765682,"date":"2022-12-07T06:04:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T11:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765682"},"modified":"2022-12-07T07:49:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:49:15","slug":"the-city-of-chicago-reaches-10-million-settlement-with-uber-eats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-city-of-chicago-reaches-10-million-settlement-with-uber-eats\/","title":{"rendered":"The City of Chicago Reaches $10 Million Settlement With Uber Eats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-city-of-chicago-reaches-10-million-settlement-with-uber-eats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765682&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uber-e1631260454609-1200x798-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>As part of its $10 million<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/content\/dam\/city\/depts\/bacp\/Consumer%20Information\/cityofchicagoreaches$10millionsettlementwithuberratspostmates.pdf\"><span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-settlement\">settlement<\/a> with the City of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-chicago\">Chicago<\/a>,<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-uber\">Uber<\/a> must pay millions and provide free services to Chicago restaurants that claimed they were taken advantage of by the ride-share company. The settlement resolves claims that Uber Eats and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-postmates\">Postmates<\/a> platforms listed restaurants on their applications without the restaurant\u2019s permission and even charged excessive commissions during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-pandemic\">pandemic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cToday\u2019s settlement reflects the city\u2019s commitment to creating a fair and honest marketplace that protects both consumers and businesses from unlawful conduct,\u201d said Chicago Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-lori-lightfoot\">Lori Lightfoot<\/a>. \u201cChicago\u2019s restaurant owners and workers work diligently to build their reputations and serve our residents and visitors. That\u2019s why our hospitality industry is so critical to our economy, and it only works when there is transparency and fair pricing. There is no room for deceptive and unfair practices.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The settlement was the result of a two-year investigation of Uber Eats and Postmates, which included looking into allegations that Uber used deceptive advertising practices on consumers, something Uber denies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The City of Chicago said that in September 2021, after discovering unlawful conduct, Uber repaid $3,331,892 to Chicago restaurants that had been charged commissions exceeding 15 percent, in violation of the city\u2019s emergency fee cap ordinance, and removed restaurants that had not consented to be placed on its platforms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Uber will now pay an additional $2,250,000 to Chicago restaurants that were charged commissions over the limits set by the city\u2019s emergency fee cap. The ride-share company will also pay $500,000 to Chicago restaurants that Uber listed on its meal delivery platforms without consent and that do not currently contract with Uber.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, Uber will provide $2,500,000 in commission waivers to Chicago restaurants that were listed on Uber\u2019s platforms without consent and that do not currently contract with Uber. Finally, the company will pay $1,500,000 to the city to cover the costs and fees of its investigation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe delivered on our commitment to protect consumers and businesses,\u201d said Kenneth J. Meyer, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. \u201cThe settlement is the result of the city acting swiftly and holding companies accountable for deceitful practices.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe welcome any relief provided to the independent restaurants that struggled throughout the pandemic and continue to shoulder the rising costs of doing business,\u201d said Sam Toia, president and CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association. \u201cNo third-party delivery company should be listing restaurants without their consent, and all third-party companies should have been following the emergency cap imposed during the pandemic. Our restaurants will receive immediate benefit from this settlement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you are a Chicago restaurant owner who believes they were placed on the Uber Eats platform without consent during the pandemic and would like financial relief, it\u2019s encouraged that you visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.gov\/UberSettlement.\"><span>Chicago.gov\/UberSettlement<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its $10 million settlement with the City of Chicago,\u00a0Uber must pay millions and provide free services to Chicago restaurants that claimed they were taken advantage of by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1765685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1765682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1765685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1765682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}