Hospitality Archive » January, 2014

Hospitality - January, 2014

256 articles

• Commish Blasts Doc Request By Nightclub Insurer Units
• 3 Ways To Curb Resistance To Convention Center Deals
• Parents Appeal Staples Center's Win In Wrongful Death Suit
• Orlando Allowed To Take Land For $85M Soccer Stadium
• Fla. Golf Resort Threatens Mouse Habitat, Enviro Group Says
• Brand Battles: MLB, Seattle Seahawks, Hatfields & McCoys
• Caesars Bid For NJ Casino Could Harm Competition, Sen. Says
• Miami Condotel Ex-Owners Sued Over Unpaid Rental Revenue
• Pa. High Court To Clarify State Consumer Protection Statute
• Expedia, Booking.com OK Discount Deal In UK Antitrust Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Sharon Hwang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kathy Noecker
• Texas Land Sale Case Could Reshape Real Estate Deal-Making
• Philly Casino Tries To Fend Off Potential Rivals At Hearing
• San Diego Appeals Travel Sites' Win In Hotel Tax Dispute
• Sacramento Arena Foes Sue Over Scrapped Referendum
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Challenge To Tribal Casino
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Yvonne Puig
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Laurie Strauch Weiss
• Sandell To End Suit After Bob Evans Reverses Bylaw Changes
• Marriott Sells Spanish Hotel To Qatar Fund In $107M Deal
• Celebrity Chef Settles FLSA Action With NY Workers
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• Atlantic City Casino Reaches Deal Over Age Bias Suit
• Mass. Board Wants Gaming Tax Threshold At Federal Level
• Telemarketers Sentenced For Fla. Time-Share Fraud
• Philly Casino Hopefuls Push Varying Visions To Gaming Board
• Room Rates Trump Occupancy In Latest Hotel Loan Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, AT&T, Lenovo
• Morgans Hotel Can't Delay Burkle's $10M Debt-Swap Suit
• Pa. Lottery Wants Lawmakers To Bet On Keno Expansion
• Mohegan Sun JV Clashes With Mass. Town Over Attys' Fees
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Joanne Gray
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Barbara Duncombe
• Construction Lien Vs. Mortgage — The Claim Priority War
• Calif. Senate Backs Review Of Gambling Issues
• Marriott To Partner With NJ Hotel For Long-Stalled Project
• Restaurateur's Challenge To IRS Penalty Gets 2nd Life
• Global Hotel Deals To Reach $50B In 2014, Report Says
• Philly Casino Hopefuls Look To Ease Saturation Fears
• MGM Fights Towns' Bid Toward Mitigation Of $800M Casino
• NYC Mayor Says MSG's $16M Yearly Tax Break Should Go
• Investors Slam Proposed $1.3B Sale Of Chuck E. Cheese's
• Casino Bill Sails Through NH Senate Committee
• Trump Signs On For $100M Brazil Hotel Project
• Travelers Found Liable For $2.4M Food Truck Settlement
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Young Conaway's Pauline Morgan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Phelps Dunbar's Nan Alessandra
• What Prospective Franchisees Can Learn From The FDD
• Judge Puts Brakes On Avis Bid To Decertify Manager OT Suit
• Casino Cos. Ask To Intervene In Mass. Gambling Law Fray
• Brazil Men Face Criminal Suit Over Burger King Insider Trading
• PE Firm Backs $50M Mohegan Sun Casino, Resort In Pa.
• Hundreds Sickened On Royal Caribbean Ship
• Battles Over Demand Letters: Lessons From 'The F Word'
• Marriott Leads Hotel Construction Deals Market
• Inland, Kessler Form $68.5M Hotel Development JVs
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Angela Styles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Susan Murley
• Sony Open Organizer Prevails On $50M Tennis Center Project
• NJ High Court Won't Hear $9M Hurricane Isabel Coverage Row
• In Texas, Waiving Right To Appraisal Takes Prejudice
• Brand Battles: Sprint, Cartier, Viacom
• Penn National Says City Should Stay Out Of Hard Rock Row
• $1B Hotel Portfolio From Chatham, Cerberus On Sales Block
• GrayRobinson Adds Former Alcohol Regulator To Miami Office
• Tribal Casinos Face New Threats After 9th Circ. Curveball
• Carrefour Inks €2B Deal For European Mall Portfolio
• Sacramento Kings Score Land For $447M Arena Complex
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Beinecke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Willkie's Margery Neale
• Miami Hotel Fights Lufthansa Over Indemnity Provision
• Apollo-Backed Prestige Cruises Files For $250M IPO
• Krispy Kreme Signs 23-Unit China Development Deal
• NY Lawmakers Eye 'Home Rule' Power Over Casino Sitings
• TripAdvisor Nails Down $85M Loan To Build Mass. HQ
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fluet Huber's Jennifer Huber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goldberg Segalla's Berdzik
• Travelzoo Dodges Derivative Suit Over 2009 Asset Sale
• Food And Beverage Industry Outlook For 2014: Part 2
• The Heat Is On For Calif. Employers
• Multistate Online Gambling Pacts Come With Legal Risks
• SC High Court Throws Out Carnival Cruise Pollution Case
• Times Square Hotel May Double In Height
• Mass. Budget Would Tax Candy, Soda, Online Travel Cos.
• Pinterest Blasts Pintrips' Bid To Toss Trademark Suit
• Ashford Taps Offering Proceeds For $153M Luxury Hotel Buy
• Hospitality Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin
• Starwood Sells Miami Resort To Qatari Co. In $213M Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Pamela Hans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Mayes
• Minn. Justices Toss Vikings Stadium Suit, Allow Bond Sale
• What Restaurant Franchisors Can Learn From Saladworks
• Trump, Condotel Buyers Fail To Reach Settlement
• Hospitality Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• Tribe Won't Take Slot-Machine Tax Row To Supreme Court
• Darden Pushes Red Lobster Spinoff Despite Activist Criticism
• Carnival Ends Suit Against Telecom Provider, Inks New Deal
• Split 9th Circ. Hands Calif. A Win In Indian Casino Row
• Krispy Kreme Strikes 20-Unit Calif. Expansion Deal
• Kennedy Wilson Buys Dublin Hotel Debt, Calif. Office Complex
• Dentons Adds Gardere Wynne Sewell Atty To Dallas Office
• Dubai Trims Red Tape on Hotel Development
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Nicole LeBoeuf
• Fla. Gov. Suspends Mayor After High Court Denies Her Appeal
• Hospitality Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig
• NJ Appeals Court Upholds Harrah's Workers' Comp Ruling
• Shareholder Activism May Jolt Restaurant Property Deals
• Dickey's Barbecue To Launch 100 New Calif. Locations
• Expedia Bed Tax Litigation Could Bring Legislative Fallout
• Max's Group To Nab Control of $86.6M Pancake House
• Mo. Hilton Condo Investors Drop Fraud Claims
• Paris Baguette Dodges Suit Over Credit Card Info On Receipts
• US, Fla. Antitrust Powers Probe Sysco's $3.5B US Foods Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Kelly's Ellen Cappellanti
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cole Schotz's Randi Kochman
• Nightclub Insurer Can't Put Off Rehabilitation Pending Appeal
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• Law Firms Hit Jackpot With NJ Internet Gambling Expansion
• Utah Ski Resort Faces Suit Over Snowboarding Ban
• Starwood Capital Adds UK-Based Four Pillars Hotels
• Calif. Lawmaker Drafts Bill To Ban Internet Gambling Cafes
• Hospitality Group Of The Year: Dentons
• Miami Heat Start Talks Over 10-Year Arena Deal Extension
• Apollo Puts Up $1.3B For Chuck E. Cheese's Owner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Resnick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Erika Haupt
• Considerations Before Franchising A Business
• 7th Circ. Won't Hear Applebee's Class Cert Appeal
• Summit Hotels Spends $37.5M On Houston Hilton
• Miami Beach Cancels Convention Center Deal
• Comcast JV To Erect $1.2B Philly Tower With Four Seasons
• Palm Beach Sues AirBnb, Couchsurfing, Others Over Bed Tax
• Arizona State Plans $210M Sun Devil Stadium Renovation
• Online Gaming Still Holds Promise Despite NJ's Ho-Hum Start
• $1.4B Carnival Suits Belong In US, Fla. Appeals Court Hears
• Benihana Settles Suit Alleging It Shorted Workers' Pay
• Minn. Justices Mull Jurisdiction On $468M Vikings Bond Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Carlyle, Aeropostale
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Rhonda Orin
• Super Bowl To Provide Short-Term RE Boost In NJ, NY
• Yelp Ruling Is Double-Edged Sword In Online Review Fights
• NJ Generates $8.4M In 1st Month Of Online Gambling
• Sports Gaming Giant To Pay $5.5M Over Betting Ring
• Bob Evans Bylaw Change Curbs Investors' Rights, Suit Says
• Burger King Franchisee Faces FLSA Suit From Fla. Worker
• Carnival To Restart Cruises In Va. Despite New Fuel Costs
• Rockefellers' Rose Rock Backs $2.5B Luxury Vietnam Resort
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Mary Beth Hogan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford's Katherine Kimpel
• Miami Beach Mayor Wants To Restart Convention Center Deal
• Boston OKs Status For $1B Casino After Relocation
• 11th-Hour Suit Stalls $468M Bond Sale For Vikings Stadium
• GAO Raises Concerns Over Cruise Crime Reporting Methods
• Deals Rumor Mill: UBS, Alcatel-Lucent, Dunkin' Donuts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Otterbourg's Melanie Cyganowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Joan Disler
• Oaktree, Clearview Nab Stake In $303M Philly Hotel Venture
• Darden's Red Lobster Spinoff Plan Falls Short, Activist Says
• Nightclub Insurer's Founder Pushes For Rehabilitation Stay
• McDermott Nabs O'Melveny Real Estate Pro
• Cruise Line Owes Penalty Wages, Workers Tell High Court
• Ex-Mayor Gets 6 Months For Gambling Scheme
• 5 Online Gambling Initiatives To Watch
• Fla. Gov. Pledges $100M Toward Promoting Tourism
• Sacramento Lodges Eminent Domain Suit For $447M Arena
• MGM Resorts Gets Green Light For Vegas Sports Arena
• Casino Co. Asks 1st Circ. To Review Tribal Gaming Dispute
• 7th Circ. Revives Casino Servers' Race Bias Suit Over Tips
• Disney Gets Go-Ahead For 44-Acre Santa Clarita Studio
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Publicover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fowler White's Rhea Law
• Domino's Can't Toss Driver's Delivery Fee Claims
• Settlement Tax Breaks Will Continue Despite JPMorgan Deal
• Hotel Partnership Gets Transfer Taxes Slashed In IRS Row
• 3 Hot Talking Points In Hotel Renovation Deals
• Florida Dems Tout $10.10 Minimum Wage Bills
• Palm Beach Council Balks On Golf Course Redevelopment
• New Earthquake Maps May Halt $664M Hollywood Project
• Philly's SugarHouse Can Intervene In Licensing Of 2nd Casino
• $200M Trump Hotel Gets Final Approval From Fed. Agency
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Sharon Caffrey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Katy Basile
• Trump Golf Course Beats Bias Row Over Discounts For Women
• 9th Circ. Revives Age-Bias Claim In Vegas Casino Suit
• Judge Says $197M Hotel Foes Can Carry On Ballot Petition
• Genting Group Bets On Novel Permit Deal For Miami Casino
• Feds Abandon $35M Charleston Dock Project Appeal
• Tenn. Accuses Timeshare Co. Of Deceptive Marketing
• Senators Seek More Clarity On Fed. Agency Settlements
• 4th Circ. Fuels Voluntary Payment Clause Enforcement Trend
• Travelocity Dodges $20M IP Suit Over Hotel Map Display
• Ex-Trump Fla. Project Revived By Hilton As Conrad Resort
• Eminent Domain Bid For $447M Sacramento Arena Approved
• Litigation May Not Be The Best Way To Fight Airbnb
• Facing Pinterest Suit, Travel Site Says 'Pin' Is Generic
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnstein's Kathleen Gilligan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Maureen Maly
• Sports Gaming Giant Settles Regulator Suit Over Betting Ring
• Omni Snaps Up Resort KSL Bought Out Of Foreclosure
• Sacramento NBA Arena Backers Call Foul On Ballot Petitions
• Class Cert. Nixed In Marriott ERISA Suit Over Stock Program
• Abu Dhabi Investor Pays $815M For Marriott Properties
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Brett Axelrod
• Denny's To Build 30 Restaurants In Middle East
• Goodwin Guides TA To 1st Deal Of 2014 With Towne Park Buy
• 2014 Rings In Uncertainty For Many US Taxpayers
• Lone Star Sells Texas Steakhouse Chains To Co. Heads
• DLA Piper Scores Texas Franchise Pro From Jackson Walker
• Casino Game Maker Reaches $4M Deal In Stock Class Action
• LBF Accuses Rivals Of Using Marks To Redirect Traffic
• Super Bowl Ticket Sales Exclude Fans, Suit Says
• Lawmakers Push To Slash Beer Excise Taxes
• Hotel Group Sues To Force Vote On $197.5M Ore. Hyatt
• Hartford Sued For Sandy Coverage Despite Flood Exclusion
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Christine LaFollette
• Papa John's Ruling A Victory For Fla. Delivery Businesses
• Sony Open Organizer Wants In On Miami Tennis Dispute
• Mashpee Tribe's $500M Casino Gets Green Light
• $135M Nashville Hotel Nixed For Lack Of Public Funds
• Exotic Dancers Are Employees Under FLSA, Ga. Judge Rules
• Producer's Widow Takes Hyatt Terrorism Suit To High Court
• Nev. High Court To Decide Fate Of Nude Dancing Tax
• Competitive Lodging Market Spurs Uptick In Hotel Closings
• Pizza Chain's Pooled-Tip Policy Flouts FLSA, Class Says
• Caesars Cites New Discrimination Evidence In $1B Casino Row
• Pa. Casino Stiffed Dealers On Wages, Suit Says
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Ex-Gaming Partners GC In Philly
• PE Firm's Stalking Horse Bid OK'd For Car Rental Co.
• NM Regulators Sabotaged $50M Racino Plan, Suit Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Brenda Jarrell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bond Schoeneck's Ginny Robbins
• Recording Customer Service Calls: Permissible Or Penal?
• LA Cracks Down On Internet Cafes For Gambling Games
• Tribal Casino Operators Sue DOI To Restart Gaming Site
• 'Ladies' Night' Promoters May Be In For A Rude Awakening
• When File Type Matters In E-Discovery
• California Pizza Kitchen Workers Lose Class Cert. Appeal
• Wyndham Data Ruling Delayed By FTC Commish's Comments
• Airbnb Backs Down From HomeAway Ad Dispute
• Spanish Casino Co. Negotiating $173M Debt To Avoid Default
• GSH Corp. Forks Over $213M For Malaysian Resort
• Fidelity Gets BB&T's Suit Over $19M Hotel Loan Trimmed
• Arbitrator Booted From MGM Grand Condo Investors' Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Patty Shlonsky
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Cynthia Walden
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• 10 New Year's Resolutions To Boost Firm Gender Diversity
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Hospitality Cases To Watch In 2014
• Hospitality Regulation And Legislation To Watch in 2014