Hospitality

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Latest News in Hospitality

  • August 17, 2026

    Papa John's Workers Get Approval For $5M No-Poach Deal

    A Kentucky federal court gave its final approval for a $5 million settlement in a case over Papa John's past use of "no-poach" provisions in its franchise agreements, sweeping aside previous concerns as well as objections raised by a handful of workers.

  • August 17, 2026

    11th Circ. Revives Royal Caribbean 401(k) Fund Suit

    The Eleventh Circuit reversed a win on Monday for Royal Caribbean in a suit from cruise ship workers who alleged they lost 401(k) savings because of shoddy target-date investment funds, holding that a lower court erred in handing the cruise company an early win in a challenge to the prudence of their investment management.

  • August 17, 2026

    Miami Atty Says Judge's Defamation Suit Attacks Free Speech

    An attorney who's challenging a Miami-Dade County judge for her seat urged a Florida state court to toss the judge's suit alleging the attorney defamed her by claiming she tried to block the Donald Trump Presidential Library, saying monetary penalties should also be awarded because the complaint attacks free speech.

  • August 14, 2026

    Fla. Judge Rejects PE Investors' Bid To Block Asset Sale

    A Florida federal judge on Friday rejected a proposed class of private equity investors' emergency request to lift a mandated stay on their $150 million fraud suit and won't hand down a temporary restraining order that would've prevented the sale of infrastructure assets to major homebuilder D.R. Horton.

  • August 14, 2026

    Calif. Tribe Failed To Show Harm Over 40-Acre Land Transfer

    A California tribe can't block the U.S. Department of the Interior from transferring 40 acres into trust for a fellow tribe's casino project, a D.C. district court judge has determined, saying action on the contested land isn't imminent and there's no demonstrable irreparable harm.

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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
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  • Developments at state gaming commissions
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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
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  • 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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