Hospitality

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Latest News in Hospitality

  • July 08, 2026

    Mexico Can't Convince Canadian Court To Nix $80M Award

    A Canadian appeals court panel refused to revive Mexico's bid to overturn a more than $80 million international arbitral award against it that was issued to a group of U.S. casino investors, finding that a lower court judge correctly deferred to the arbitrators.

  • July 08, 2026

    Justices' Cuba Ruling Narrowly Recasts Sovereign Immunity

    The U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed Exxon Mobil's bid for $1 billion in damages for Cuban-seized property to proceed, but the ruling's doctrinal significance is in treating the Helms-Burton Act as a later, specific and self-contained statutory displacement of the default jurisdictional immunity regime, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • July 08, 2026

    McDonald's Ends Suit Alleging Rampant Sex Harassment

    McDonald's has struck a deal with two workers to end their proposed class action claiming the fast food giant allowed sexual harassment to go unchecked in its restaurants, prompting an Illinois federal judge to formally shutter the case.

  • July 07, 2026

    DC Circ. Backs Tax Bribery Convictions Despite Jury Error

    A D.C. Circuit panel refused on Tuesday to reverse a lower court's judgments against two men in connection to a bribery scheme carried out to evade $2.3 million in business tax obligations, finding a jury instruction error "harmless," among other unsuccessful arguments.

  • July 07, 2026

    5th Circ. Backs Saltgrass In Texas Restaurant Land Row

    The Fifth Circuit backed steakhouse chain Saltgrass Inc.'s quick win in a property contract dispute that involved the planned demolition of a former Joe's Crab Shack restaurant in Humble, Texas, ruling that the demolition contractually requires Saltgrass' permission.

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  • 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
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  • Immigration actions
  • Public health and safety enforcement
  • Merger reviews
  • LITIGATION
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  • 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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