Hospitality Archive » April, 2013

Hospitality - April, 2013

149 articles

• Titanic Exhibitor Says Firm, Consultant Ripped Off Its Idea
• InterMedia Rebids For Outdoor Channel After Rival's FTC Nod
• Accel Director Steps Off Boards Of Dell, Facebook, Wal-Mart
• Sports Wagering Ban Violates Constitution, NJ Tells 3rd Circ.
• Forensic Analytics Can Find Needles In Multiple Haystacks
• Lloyd's, Others Want Out Of $53M Contractor Coverage Suit
• Heinz Investors OK $28B Buyout Offer From Buffett, 3G
• Fla. Senate Clears Dolphins Stadium Upgrade Bill
• Miami Club Accuses Investor Of Sabotage To Help Competitor
• Hospitality Attys See Hotel Deals Boom In Southeast Asia
• Heinz Beats Investor Actions, Clears Path For Buyout Vote
• Hotel Co. Sues To Stop NYC Eviction Over Union Picket
• Bench Rulings Come Fast And Furious in Morgans Board Spat
• Insurers Face $21M Suit Over Jet Detained In Russia
• New IP Boutique To Offer Big-Firm Experience At Lower Cost
• Del. Draws Line In The Sands Of Discovery
• Top-Up Option, We Hardly Knew Ye
• NY Giants Again Seek Lehman Docs In $300M Stadium Row
• Texas High Court Asked To Strike 'Baseball Rule'
• Online Ticketing Patent Obvious, Fed. Circ. Finds
• Celebrity Chef Can't Dodge FLSA Suit Over 'Side Work' Pay
• Philly Mayoral Hopeful Sues Steak House Over Meal Discounts
• FedEx Wage Class Snuffed Under Comcast Ruling
• Personal Injury Firm Hid Ties To Arbitrators, 3rd Circ. Told
• MBIA Suit Over $1B Sports Venue Bonds Tossed
• Caesars' Spinoff Shows One Way Out Of PE Debt Pile
• $2.8B Vegas Hotel's Lenders, Contractors Near Ch. 7 Deal
• $19M Claim Put To Bed In River Road Hotel Bankruptcy
• Spin Media Buys Vibe, Plans To End Print Edition
• Apollo, Double Eagle Form Okla. Oil And Gas Venture
• Insurer Launches $5.7M Suit Over DuPont Herbicide
• Expedia MDL Won't Wait For Pending High Court Ruling
• Fitness Center Can't Shake Development Fee: Appeals Court
• Applebee's Hits Back At Post-Comcast Cert. Ruling Appeal
• Texas Says Churchill Downs Can't Lift Ban On Online Bets
• Pro Sports Leagues Push 2nd Circ. For Review Of Aereo Win
• Starbucks, Marriott Sued In WiFi Hotspot Patent Blitz
• HIG Capital Acquires Hospitality Services Provider
• Parking Co. Sues Rival For Defamation In Trade Secrets Row
• Sale Of Sacramento Kings Nears Final Buzzer
• Caesars To Spin Off Growth Venture With PE Backing
• Lehman Must Pay For Meadowlands Loan Snafu, Investor Says
• Wyndham Hit With OT Action Over Tweaked Time Clocks
• Brazil Fines McDonald's $1.6M For Happy Meal Ads
• AMR's Antitrust Deals With Orbitz, Travelport Win Approval
• What To Expect From EPA's New Vessel General Permits
• Orlando Magic Push Forward On $100M Mixed-Use Complex
• Pa.'s Parx Casino Loses Challenge To Rival's ID Policy
• Royal Caribbean Dodges Securities Fraud Class Action
• Fla. Gov. Calls For End Of Air Traffic Control Cuts
• Okada Review Blasts Wynn Resorts' 'Biased' FCPA Probe
• An Update On Daubert And Class Certification
• SeaWorld Surges 24% To $33.52 In NYSE Trading Debut
• In Pippen Defamation Suit, 7th Circ. Considers Recklessness
• Morgans' Lawyers Must Yield To Director's Discovery Demands
• Miami Dolphins' Stadium Bill Heads To Fla. Senate Floor
• Sports Mogul's $227M Outdoor Channel Buy Gets FTC's OK
• Bankrupt Revel Casino Gets $250M To Stay In The Game
• Viacom Wants Nickelodeon Hotel Sanctioned Over Lost Docs
• Boies Denies Ethics Breach In $350M Marriott Antitrust Case
• Blackstone To Unload Another 6M Shares In SeaWorld IPO
• Blackstone Puts Up $450M For Hawaii Hyatt Hotel
• Houston To File $23M Suit Against BP Over Lost Tax Revenue
• NBA Security Official's Olympic Retaliation Suit Nixed
• McDonald's Deal In Halal Chicken False Ad Row Wins Final OK
• White Sox Owner, Ill. Gov. Face Wrongful Termination Suit
• Del. Loses Chance For Ruling On Directors' Derivative Rights
• Chipotle Failed To Reimburse For Workers' Shoes, Atty Argues
• Marathon Bombings Rattle Boston Legal Community
• Vision Capital Sues Hotel Group Over Unpaid Placement Fee
• Fla. Appeals Court Sends Hotel Tax Fight To High Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panasonic, Suntech, ConocoPhillips
• Minn. Appeals Court Revives Tribal Casino Expansion Suit
• Don't Fear The REIT Conversion Boom
• Dodgers Owner's Ex Barred From Bankruptcy Mediation Docs
• Enterprise Branches Reach $8M Settlement In OT Pay MDL
• Finnegan Attys To Open DC Boutique
• Witkoff Group Drops $25.5M On South Beach Hotel
• Philly Casino To Settle Feds' River Pollution Claims
• $500M Wrigley Field Face-Lift Plan Scores Key Approval
• Investor Row Over $400M Philly Hotel Project To Advance
• Dodgers Try To Keep Mediation Docs From Former Owner's Ex
• Seattle Sinks 2nd Attempt To Block Funding For $490M Arena
• Seibu Shoots Down Cerberus Tender Offer, Board Nominees
• Q&A With Faegre Baker's Bob Anderson
• JAB Tops Up Coffee Unit With $9.8B Master Blenders Buy
• Fla. Slot Machine Ban Headed For Constitutional Challenge
• Texas Appeals Court Frees Hotel From Tax On Toiletries
• Burger King CEO To Become Heinz Chief After $28B Buyout
• Girls Gone Wild Can't Block Trustee In Ch. 11
• Deals Rumor Mill: Benckiser, 3i Group, Heineken
• Miami Dolphins Stadium Upgrade To Get Public Vote
• Feds Want Subpoena Over Versace Mansion Quashed
• Fla. Gov. Signs Bill Banning Gray-Market Slot Machines
• Feds Investigating FCPA Allegations Against Kazuo Okada
• Hotel Developer Says Suit Over $400M Project Can't Stand
• MSR, Paulson Execs Sued Over $59M Debt, Bankruptcy Sale
• KKR Acquires Colonie Center Mall In Albany
• Pa. High Court Upholds Maverick Steel Win In Stadium Row
• Magic Mountain Workers Sue Six Flags Over OT, Meal Breaks
• Post-Brinker Workers Attack Calif. Employers On New Fronts
• Miami Panel To Weigh Dolphins Stadium Upgrade Deal
• Ravens Logo Appeal Threatens Filmmaker Rights, MPAA Says
• Chevron, FedEx To Defend 'Only In Delaware' Bylaws
• 2 St. Louis Law Firms Dodge $27M IP Malpractice Claim
• Google Uses Android To Box Out Rivals, Microsoft Says
• $1B Wynn Casino Backed By Philly Neighborhood Association
• Wachtell Doesn't Know Best For Boards, Harvard Prof Says
• Blackstone-Backed SeaWorld Preps $540M IPO
• FTC Takes Closer Look At $1.2B Office Depot-OfficeMax Deal
• Pa. High Court Could Strike Privilege For Expert Witnesses
• K&L Gates Nabs Corporate Pro From Haynes And Boone
• Daytona Speedway Tax Breaks OK'd By Fla. Senate Panel
• Greenberg Traurig Brings On M&A Expert From Linklaters
• Morgans Hotel Delays Rights Issue As Activists Square Off
• San Fran Blasts Enviros' $1.3M Fee Bid In Golf Course Case
• Travel Cos. Ordered To Pay $55M In Texas Hotel Tax Case
• Delaware Deal Litigation: What You Missed In Q1
• Carnival Asks Judge To Toss Triumph Passengers' Suit
• UCLA's $162M Hotel Plan Wastes Public Funds, Suit Says
• Q&A With Stradley Ronon's Andrew Levine
• Papa John's Says AIG Exclusion Is Invalid In TCPA Row
• Investor Backs Morgans Director In Yucaipa Challenge
• More International Insolvencies Test Limits Of Ch. 15
• Prison Time Wrongly Nixed In Club Death Case: Ill. High Court
• Fla. Senate Passes Bill Targeting Illegal Slot Machines
• NFL Released From Ravens Logo Copyright Dispute
• Appeal Halts $400M Hotel Project Case, Philly Court Told
• Top NY Court Nixes Starwood's Bid For $10M Chubb Coverage
• Pa. Bars That Seek Smoking Permits Must Be Enclosed: Court
• DQ'd Atty Gets Another Shot In Suit Against Mexican Singer
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Nokia, Littlejohn
• Morgans Hotel Director Sues To Block Yucaipa Deal
• Bill To Fund Dolphins' $389M Stadium Redo Advances In Fla.
• Hogan Lovells Hit With Malpractice Suit Over $36M Verdict
• Sacramento Faces Suit Over $447M Kings Arena Project
• Jon Lovitz Hits Ex-Business Partner With $1.5M Fraud Suit
• Heinz To Turn Over Docs On $28B Buyout To Investors
• Q&A With Bryan Cave's Elaine Koch
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• Bill Targeting Illegal Slots Heads To Fla. Senate Floor
• Amended Miami Stadium Funding Bill Advances In Fla. Senate
• Activists Square Off Over Morgans Hotel Recap
• Morgans Inks Deal With Yucaipa To Shed $230M In Debt
• American Airlines Ends Antitrust Battle Against Orbitz
• Girls Gone Wild Tries To Block Ch. 11 Trustee
• Duane Morris Adds NJ Gov't Affairs, Gaming Vet
• Travelzoo Beats Securities Suit Over Hotel Bargains Venture
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's Jeff Appelbaum