Hospitality Archive » February, 2014

Hospitality - February, 2014

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• Sands Says Hackers Stole Customer Data From Pa. Casino
• Bankrupt Fox & Hound Gets Nod For $125M Cerberus Sale
• DOE Sets Efficiency Standards For Commercial Refrigerators
• Calif. Restaurateur Sued For $23M In Back Taxes
• 3 Tests Facing 1st Cross-State Online Gambling Deal
• McDermott Nabs Energy Litigator From Akin Gump
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Anita Mosner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Christine Haskett
• Chipotle Faces Claims It Stiffed Workers On OT, Breaks
• Nev. Justices Say Ex-Vegas Sands Exec Can't Compel Docs
• Individual Damages No Bar To Class Cert., 2nd Circ. Hears
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, J. Crew, Total
• Orbitz Snaps Up Private Label Biz From Travelocity Unit
• McDonald's, Others Escape Cancer Warning Suits Once Again
• Loan Foreclosure Suit Over NYC Hotel Project Advances
• Spotify, UK Music Co. Settle Playlist Infrigement Suit
• An Inside Look At 1st Cross-State Online Gambling Deal
• Swire Gains Zoning Approval For 1,000-Foot Miami Tower
• NJ Gives Go-Ahead For Multistate Slot Machine Gambling
• Toughest-Yet NYC Sick Time Law Sparks Compliance Scramble
• Contracts — And Facts — Matter For Franchise Noncompetes
• Nev. High Court Hands Win To Caesars Palace In Tax Dispute
• Mmmm...Bankruptcy: Quiznos Could Seek Ch. 11 Within Weeks
• Philly Developer Pushes To Arbitrate Sheller's Condo Suit
• FRCP Discovery Amendments Prove Highly Controversial
• Nightclub Insurer's Founder Blames Judge For 'Destruction'
• Penn National Lands Lone Mass. Slots Parlor License
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchalter's Shawn Christianson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• Sacramento Arena Foes Lose Bid For Tax Subsidy Vote
• Hertz Hides Currency Conversion Fees, Class Action Claims
• High Court's Hard Rock Snub Bolsters Condo-Hotel Market
• Churchill Downs Sues Casino Exec For Gambling Deal Flop
• Addressing ADA Issues In Hotel Management Agreements
• US Trustee Challenges $125M Sale Of Fox & Hound, Champps
• 11th Circ. Affirms Arbitration For Carnival Worker's Injury
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Stephanie Sheridan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Colleen Caden
• $1.3B Mohegan Sun Casino Moves Forward With Voter Nod
• Fla. Senate Floats Plan For Casinos In Miami-Dade, Broward
• Miami Hotel-Water Suit Should Be Covered, 11th Circ. Told
• Nev., Del. Sign Landmark Interstate Online Poker Deal
• Aspen Hospitality Cos. Pay $1M Over FLSA Violations
• Gambler Blames Borgata For Phony-Chip Debacle
• The Unstoppable Trailblazer: Judge Shira Scheindlin
• 49ers Say Fan Filed Gunshot Liability Suit Too Late
• Capital Corp Pours $327M Into Future Spanish Resort
• Insurance Biz Lobbies Sens. To Extend Terrorism Backstop
• Saudi RE Firm Plans $100M Maldives Resort Development
• Cuomo Throws Cold Water On Local Minimum Wage Hikes
• 6th Circ. Blocks $245M Casino As Mich. Preps For High Court
• LeClairRyan Snags Ex-Hinshaw Employment Ace For LA Office
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Kara Baysinger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Joan Fife
• Strippers' Claims Of Club Using Unfair Arbitration Deals Fail
• Fla. Senate Bill Would Revise Public Funding To Stadiums
• Poker Players Lose Supreme Court Bet
• Millennium & Copthorne Unit Drops $90M On Italian Hotel
• Hersha Nets $37M In Manhattan Hotel Sale
• High Court Refuses Widow's Appeal In Hyatt Terrorism Suit
• High Court Leaves Hotelier Win In Hard Rock Securities Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bingham's Debra Fischer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Nancy Smith
• 2 Calif. Lawmakers Lead Push To Legalize Online Poker
• NLRB Blasts Tribe's 6th Circ. Bid To Skirt Casino Order
• Starbucks Settles With Vegan Eatery Over 'Evolution' Mark
• Utica Mutual Won't Bite Into Jimmy John's Alfalfa Sprouts Suit
• Expedia, Travel Cos. Can't Get New Trial In $55M Tax Case
• Mohegan Sun Faces Landowner's Suit Over Failed Casino
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Jane Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Barb Dawson
• Major Victory For Hospitality Cos. In Antitrust Suit
• Law360 Hospitality Editorial Advisory Board
• RLJ Ditches 11 Hotels After Nabbing $313M Hyatt Portfolio
• Nightclub Insurer's Founder Wants Role In Liquidation
• Group Wants McDonald's, KFC Cancer Warning Suits Revived
• Atlantic City Splits NJ Panel On Meadowlands Gambling Study
• Fla. Dodges Tribe's Tax Suit Over Casino Restaurant Rent
• Harrah's Guards Brutally Assaulted Hotel Patrons, Suit Says
• Philly Sports Bar Shells Out $8.4M To DOL, Workers
• NM Senate Squashes Navajo Deal For 5 Casinos
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Melissa Tearney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Littler's Lee Schreter
• Choice Hotels Wins Trademark Suit, But No Damages
• NY Appeals Court OKs License For Union Square Restaurant
• Utah Pretzel Vendor In A Twist Over Monopoly Accusations
• Indian Tribe Embezzler Asks To Be Spared From Prison Time
• Law Firm Beats DQ Attempt In Bankrupt Nightclub Insurer Row
• Investor Group Spends $400M In Standard Hotel Buyout
• 20-Story Hotel Planned For 292 Fifth Ave.
• Intuit, Hertz Fail To Invalidate TQP Encryption Patent
• 3rd Circ. OKs Indy Downs' Settlement Of $50M Contract Row
• Ex-McDonald's Franchisee To Pay Guest Workers' Back Wages
• A Precedent-Setting 9th Circ. Victory For Tribes
• Luxury Hotel Workers Sue Starwood For Unpaid Wages
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Mimi Addy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany
• The Captain Of The Mother Court: Judge Loretta Preska
• NJ Town Properly Refused Hearing On Motel Redevelopment
• $129M Hard Rock Casino Project Gets License Stay Reversed
• $90M Luxury Hotel To Replace Landmark Philly Courthouse
• Hotels, Online Travel Sites Dodge Antitrust Class Action
• FDA Urged To Back Off Menu Labeling Changes
• Budget Car Rental Loses Consumer Info Coverage Dispute
• NJ Asks Supreme Court To Hear Sports Gambling Case
• LA Lawmakers Propose $15 Per Hour Wage For Hotel Workers
• Holland & Knight Adds Public Finance Duo In Atlanta
• 2nd Circ. Warned Of 'Red Herring' In Applebee's Wage Suit
• Workers' Comp. Trust Wants $2M IRS Payment Back
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Lori Leskin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hirschler's Courtney Paulk
• 10 Franchise Agreement Provisions To Consider
• 4 Tips For Steering Clear Of FLSA Delivery Worker Suits
• IRS Execs Owe Taxes On Travel Expenses, Watchdog Says
• IHG Reaps $120M In Sale of SF Hotel To Oaktree, Woodridge
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tyson Foods, Peugeot, Starwood
• Miami Beach Project Lands $300M Loan From HSBC
• Criminalizing Taped Cell Calls 'Makes No Sense,' Judge Says
• Calif. Lawmaker Wants Warning On Sugary Drinks
• Ex-Steeler Settles Discrimination Suit Against Pa. Casino
• Apple REIT Pays $1.5M To End SEC Investigation
• AEG Accuses Former Exec And Atty Of Poaching Employees
• Casino Pays $1M To Settle Slot Reset Keys Complaint
• Baker & McKenzie Lures 2 Baker Botts Attys To Dallas Office
• Event Rental Firm Squeezed By Recession Seeks Ch. 11
• Deals Rumor Mill: Murphy Oil, Lone Star, Cinven
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Bassey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mitchell Silberberg's Coyoca
• Boston Wants More Time To Study Mohegan, Wynn Casinos
• 6 Tips For Creating Effective Trial Graphics
• Wynn Can't Duck Joe Francis' Casino Debt Defamation Suit
• Ex-Red Robin Worker's Gay Bias Suit Nixed By 2nd Circ.
• Bankrupt IBahn Gets $13M Stalking Horse Approved
• Data Co. Crunches Airbnb Data Sought By NY AG
• Ski Resorts Can't Be Blamed For Avalanches, Court Says
• Foxwoods Near Deal To Assume State's Casino Police Duties
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Sharton
• Carnival Ducks Further Sanctions In Hot Tub Infection Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levenfeld's Patti O'Connor
• Bitcoin And Atlantic City — A Match Made In E-Heaven
• Starwood Plans To Step Up $3B Hotel Sell-Off Pace
• PE Firms Take New Risks As Restaurant Industry Heats Up
• Fla. Arcade Drops Challenge To Gray-Market Slot Ban
• Priceline Founder Accuses Google Of Stealing Tagging Tech
• Hungry For Cash, Casual Dining Cos. May Flock To Ch. 11
• Nomadix Claims It's Being Shut Out Of IBahn's Ch. 11 Sale
• Construction Co. For $1B Dubai Resort Project Gets Financing
• Fla. Atty Gets 6 Years For $300M Allied Vets Gambling Plot
• Marriott Faces 1 Less Claim In Miami Beach Hotel Spat
• US Hotel Room Construction Up 31%: Report
• Revel Co-Owner Gets NJ Regulator's OK To Operate Casino
• Philly Politicians Back Market8 Casino Plan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Lucinda Low
• Stripping Isn't Art, Hustler Club Told In $2M Tax Verdict
• Ex-Greenberg Corporate, Real Estate Pros Join Dechert In LA
• EEOC, Extended Stay Hotels Settle Pay Bias Suit
• NIGC To Meet Tribes Over NEPA Trigger In Casino Deals
• Ind. Supreme Court Stubs Out City's Smoking Ban
• Mass. AG Wants Ban On Home Liens By Casinos
• Resort Developer Escapes Suit Over Calif. Condo Sales
• Trump Buys Irish Golf Club To Add To Resort Portfolio
• Starwood Doubles Down In UAE With Arena-Area Aloft Deal
• Scandic Bags 72 New Hotels With Acquisition Of Rival Rica
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Laurel FitzPatrick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Donna Fraiche
• Buyers Push For Sanctions In Trump Condotel Spat
• Orlando OKs $270M In Bonds For MLS Stadium, Citrus Bowl
• Fox & Hound, Champps Parent Plans $125M Sale In Ch. 11
• Russia Faces Hurdles In Shedding Sochi Hotels Post-Olympics
• MGM Limited Access To Game Play, Nev. Gaming Board Says
• Choice Hotels Adds 5 Properties To Boutique Brand
• Judge Trims Class Action Over Ritz-Carlton Resort Interests
• Ashurst Pilots Sunsuper's $214M Vacation Co. Takeover
• Peak Hotels Venture Pays $358M For Amanresorts Stake
• 5 Cybersecurity Considerations For Public Companies
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Neda Mansoorian
• Millennium & Copthorne Unit Puts Up $274M For NYC Hotel
• Politics May Curb Legal Rows Over Broken Sochi Hotel Deals
• Fla. Wrong To Approve Barrel Race Gambling, Court Says
• Six Flags, Disney Rides Don't Infringe Patent, Magistrate Says
• Genting Joins $2.2B Venture To Build Korean Casino Resort
• Wyndham Inserts New Data Security Bills Into FTC Fight
• Anti-Arena Attys Say Sacramento Sweetened Team's Deal
• RLJ Lodging Puts Down $313M For 10 Hyatt Properties
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Nabeela Rasheed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Ellen Dwyer
• Fla. Bill Eyes Ban On Gaming Industry Campaign Donations
• Tropicana Gets OK To Foreclose On Atlantic City Parcel
• Wynn Asks 9th Circ. To Toss Joe Francis' Defamation Suit
• Navajo Bid To Build 5 NM Casinos Clears Hurdle
• OTK Suit Against Ex-Morgans Directors Heads To Trial
• NJ Assembly Committee Pushes Casino Security Camera Bill
• 2 Attys, Ex-NYC Comptroller Tapped For Casino Board
• Mortenson Pitches $63M Hotel For Vikings Arena Complex
• MSR Hotels Wins Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan After 3 Years
• Mass. Gambling Agency Gives Nod To License Fee Changes
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Pamela Mintzer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hodgson Russ' Yalamanchili
• Akerman Alcohol Industry Group Adds 3 Veteran Regulators
• Suit Claims Amtrak Commission Deal Is Anti-Competitive
• Trio Claim SFX Execs Conned Them Out Of $100M In Stock
• Local Wage Hikes In NY Could Create Compliance Headaches
• Concord Aims For $1B In Hotel Development Deals In 2014
• SC Justices Nix Myrtle Beach Accommodations Tax Grants
• Fla. Appeals Court Backs Insurer In Rare Late-Notice Case
• Steptoe Snags Veteran Policy Atty From Patton
• Federal Online Gambling Laws Have Slim Odds, Says Report
• Franchise Noncompete Enforcement Is Unpredictable
• Judge Axed From Arena Opposition Suit For Signing Petition
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Margaret Lawson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt's Barbara Shiers
• Host Hotels Asks Texas High Court To Junk $57M Verdict
• Marilyn Monroe Cafes Hit With $18M Suit For Unpaid Royalties
• Compass Group Strikes $5M Deal In Food Workers' Wage Suit
• Domino's Deal Heralds FLSA Woes For Fast-Food Chains
• Hotel Co. Must Face Privacy Suit Over Recorded Calls
• Caesars Casino Must Return $1.5M Wagered By Ponzi Schemer
• Defunct Ski Club's Founder To Pay $13.8M For Defying Judge
• Foxwoods Strikes Deal On Catskills Casino, Hotel Projects
• DOI Finalizes Embattled Compact For Tribe's $500M Casino
• Fla. Hotel Manager Protests $9.7M IRS Adjustment
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michelman's Mona Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Linda Klein
• Hot Dog On A Stick Files Ch. 11 Due To Costly Leases
• Seyfarth Shaw Sued Over Disclosure In Law360 Article
• Hotel Co.'s Properties In 8 States Struck With Data Breach
• In-House Counsel Name Client-Friendly Litigators
• AmREIT Sued Over Crumbling Houston Shopping Plaza
• Calif. Tribe Wants In On DC Circ. Gambling Suit
• Ch. 7 Trustee For Nightclub Insurer's Units Can Access Docs
• GCs Name Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Pro-Kings Group Wants Suit Over $447M Arena Ditched
• $1B Warriors Arena Project Delayed By Enviro Reviews
• Deals Rumor Mill: Jos. A. Bank, Lenovo, Nestle
• Swiss Firm Acron Snaps Up Brazil's Hotel Gloria
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holwell Shuster's Dorit Black
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibbons' Christine Amalfe
• Arabtec Signs $6.1B Deal To Build UAE Hotels, Apartments