Hospitality

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Latest News in Hospitality

  • July 06, 2026

    Window Co. Wins $42.4M In W Hotel Mechanic's Lien Case

    A company that provides exteriors for commercial buildings has been awarded $42.4 million for unpaid work and other costs in a lawsuit stemming from a Philadelphia Marriott construction project against a contractor already hit with a $174.6 million judgment over construction delays and defects.

  • July 06, 2026

    United Must Face Suit Over Windowless 'Window Seat' Prices

    United Airlines has lost its bid to end customers' proposed contract breach class action alleging they were misled into paying extra fees to choose window seats with no windows, with a California federal judge ruling Monday that they plausibly allege the airline contracted to give them window seats but did not.

  • July 06, 2026

    Immigration Ruling Maps Alternative To Universal Injunctions

    A Rhode Island federal court's decision in Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island v. USCIS vacating policies that froze key immigration adjudications for nationals of 39 countries, and paused asylum applications altogether, suggests how practitioners might press for the Administrative Procedure Act's bad faith exception to record review and seek vacatur as a viable alternative to universal injunctions, says Kemal Hepsen at Mandamus Lawyers.

  • July 02, 2026

    Lucky Strike Aims To Knock Down Bowlers' Antitrust Lawsuit

    Lucky Strike urged a Washington federal court Wednesday to throw out a proposed class action from customers who claim the bowling giant acted anticompetitively to monopolize markets across the U.S. and drive up prices, saying the suit rests solely on "the bare allegation that it acquired bowling centers."

  • July 02, 2026

    Coffee Bean's 200-Store S. Korean Franchisee Must Arbitrate

    The exclusive Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf franchisee in South Korea must arbitrate claims that the brand's international franchisor cut corners, diminished product quality and engaged in bad faith business tactics harming its 200 stores, a California federal judge said Wednesday, citing arbitration provisions in the parties' franchise agreements.

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Areas of Coverage

  • AGENCIES
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • U.S. Department of Labor
  • National Labor Relations Board
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • International hospitality regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Legislation and regulation affecting gaming and gambling companies
  • Developments at state gaming commissions
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Food and beverage recalls
  • Gaming enforcement actions
  • Immigration actions
  • Public health and safety enforcement
  • Merger reviews
  • LITIGATION
  • Breach of contract suits
  • Data breach actions
  • Labor and employment disputes
  • Mass torts
  • Product liability and personal injury suits
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Trademark suits
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
  • Franchise and management agreements
  • Hospitality project finance and real estate deals
  • Brand conversions for luxury properties
  • Securities sales backed by hotel mortgages
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of hospitality practices

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  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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