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Cozen Cities - July 9, 2025

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PHILADELPHIA—Waymo to Begin Testing Driverless Cars This Summer -Waymo is launching manual test drives of its autonomous vehicles in Philadelphia to familiarize its technology with the city. While public rides are not yet...more

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Cozen Cities - January 8, 2025

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CHICAGO — Jobs Slightly Down Since Last Year, State Data Shows - The Chicago metro area experienced a 0.2% drop in non-farm jobs between November 2023 and November 2024. While private education, health services, and...more

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Cozen Cities - December 4, 2024

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CHICAGO — Teachers Union Narrows Contract Demands- After eight months of increasingly tense contract negotiations, the Chicago Teachers Union has now narrowed its number of demands to land a deal in the next month, the...more

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Cozen Cities - November 20, 2024

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DETROIT — City Becomes Largest U.S. City to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments - Detroit residents will have the option beginning in mid-2025 to make payments with the digital currency through a secure platform managed by...more

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Cozen Cities - September 25, 2024

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CHICAGO — City’s ShotSpotter Contract Ends- After months of contentious debate among city leaders, the City of Chicago ceased use of the gun detection technology ShotSpotter. NEW YORK — Top Taxi, Rideshare Insurer Facing...more

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Cozen Cities - August 14, 2024

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Gig Economy & Technology NEW YORK — City Deploys Drones for Major Storm Warnings- New York City emergency management officials have deployed five teams with multiple drones to warn residents in basement or ground-floor...more

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Cozen Cities - March 27, 2024

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LOS ANGELES — How Tech Sector Downturn has Hurt L.A. Office Market -The Los Angeles tech office space saw fourth-quarter leasing drop to 2.2 million square feet from nearly 3 million square feet the year before....more

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Cozen Cities - December 13, 2023

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BALTIMORE — New UpSurge CEO Bets on Baltimore, Tech Tech- entrepreneur Kory Bailey — who was recently named CEO of UpSurge, a nonprofit, professional ecosystem-building organization — spoke about his efforts to build a...more

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Cozen Cities - August 23, 2023

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CHICAGO — Chicago City Council to Consider Regulating Rideshares- Members of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration have been involved in the discussions, but Alderman Mike Rodriguez is taking the lead on the effort to...more

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Cozen Cities - August 10, 2023

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CHICAGO — Google Plans to Open in Thompson Center by 2026; Will Tech Giant Help Revitalize the Loop? The tech giant hasn’t revealed its plans for the Helmut Jahn-designed building, where it plans to open an office by 2026,...more

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Cozen Cities - May 19, 2023

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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Announces Apprenticeship Program to Create, Grow Technology Talent in City Government, Improve City Services Now former-Mayor Lori Lightfoot and various city departments announced an apprenticeship...more

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Cozen Cities - April 19, 2023

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Gig Economy & Technology- NEW YORK — NYPD Rolls Out Robotic “Digidog”- The New York Police Department (NYPD) recently announced a series of high-tech security, including a robotic “digidog” to be used in life-threatening...more

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Cozen Cities - March 22, 2023

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Chicago will begin testing parking enforcement technology and smart loading zones following an ordinance the City Council passed March 15. The technology will automatically issue tickets for parking or standing violations in...more

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Cozen Cities: October 5, 2022

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BALTIMORE — Northrop Grumman Opens New Baltimore-Area Phased Development, Integrated Testing Facility- Multinational aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman has expanded its presence in the Baltimore area...more

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CANADA: Are Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies Enforceable? Maybe, Maybe Not.

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Since the release of government-approved vaccines to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, employers have been wrestling with how to implement vaccination policies in the workplace. For those employers who have implemented a...more

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Los Angeles County Adopts “Public Health Council” Ordinance

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On Tuesday, November 10, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a program allowing third-party organizations in the food, apparel manufacturing, warehousing and storage, and restaurant sectors to create...more

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Labor Board Decision Broadly Approves Holding ULP Trials By Video

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) ruling directing that an unfair labor practice trial be conducted by videoconference because of the COVID-19 pandemic. William Beaumont...more

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NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidelines For In-Person Elections During COVID-19 Pandemic

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In an effort increase the use of the in-person or manual ballot method for conducting secret ballot elections, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) General Counsel (GC) has issued comprehensive “suggestions” for...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | April 2020

What the FDA Requires for Food Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulatory requirements for food companies, including manufacturers and importers, remain largely unchanged...more

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Newly Updated Workplace FAQs For Healthcare Providers And 8-Point COVID-19 Action Plan

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The healthcare industry is truly on the front lines of the nation’s and the world’s response to COVID-19. As a result, healthcare providers, their employees, and affiliates are likely already well-versed on the virus and how...more

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Coronavirus Considerations for Employers with a Unionized Workforce

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As we have discussed in prior Advisories, the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“Coronavirus” or “COVID-19”) public health emergency is raising important issues for employers addressing rapidly developing disruptions to the workplace...more

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Coronavirus and the Workplace: Employers Considering Taking Employees’ Temperatures at Work Should Proceed with Caution

Most employers are making efforts to ensure that sick employees do not come to work.  Because a fever may be a symptom of infection with the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”), some employers are considering taking their employees’...more

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Coronavirus FAQs for Employers

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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has created significant workplace concerns for U.S. employers. Companies are balancing the need to continue their operations against the desire to keep their employees safe. The...more

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New Election, Conflict of Interest, Firearm and Cannabis Laws

Part 1: California Laws Impacting Public Agencies for 2020 - How do the laws passed last year by California lawmakers impact how public agencies do business in the new year? In this annual Legal Alert series, Best Best &...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.20.2019 | Top Story: Utility PG&E Struggles with Fires and Path Out of Bankruptcy

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PG&E’s woes continue. Not only is the company still in the midst of a dangerous fire season, but it’s struggling to find a path out of bankruptcy while fending off a growing chorus of cities and state officials “threatening...more

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