Hospitality

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Latest News in Hospitality

  • July 09, 2026

    Hyatt Owes $15.5M For Neglecting Guest Who Died, Jury Says

    A San Diego jury on Thursday ordered Hyatt to pay $15.5 million over the death of a guest who was left uncontacted for a day after failing to check out, rejecting the hotel giant's argument that it had no duty to more closely monitor her wellbeing.

  • July 09, 2026

    Colo. Panel Says EFAA Covers Bartender's Retaliation Claim

    A Denver strip club can't arbitrate a former bartender's claim that she was fired for lodging a lawsuit alleging a supervisor sent her unwanted messages, with a Colorado appeals court ruling Thursday that federal law barring arbitration of sexual harassment allegations applied to her entire case.

  • July 09, 2026

    Mo. Court Finds Shooting Suit Coverage Limited To $50K

    An apartment complex insurer owes at most $50,000 in coverage for a lawsuit over a shooting in the complex's parking lot that resulted in a bystander's death, a Missouri federal court ruled, rejecting arguments that an assault and battery policy endorsement required "intent."

  • 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.

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  • AGENCIES
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • U.S. Department of Labor
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