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Hospitality - October, 2014

228 articles

• Crumbs Buyer Settles Claims It Knew Loan Couldn't Be Repaid
• NJ Sen. Urges Judge's Recusal In NFL Sports Betting Case
• Brand Battles: Levi Strauss, Birthright Israel, Nike
• Law Groups Push Supreme Court To Take Up Iskanian
• 4 Cos. Raise $1.2B As US IPO Market Warms Back Up
• Hard Rock Beats IP Suit Over Beatles' Early Haunt
• Zipcar Runs Over Damage-Fee Class Action At 2nd Circ.
• Deal Struck In 1st Circ. Battle Over Class Arbitration
• Pa. High Court Gives Hotelier's SEPTA Damage Suit 2nd Life
• Oriental Land Co. To Inject $4.4B Into Disney Theme Parks
• The EU Watchdog — Ready To Bite Multinational Companies?
• Glaser Weil Can't Duck Malpractice Suit Under Anti-SLAPP
• Nev. High Court Rules Strippers Are Employees
• Accor Drops $284M In Digital Expansion, Nabs Travel App
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Arle Capital, Varsity Brands
• 3 Tips For Keeping Noncompetes In Check
• Prezzo Gives PE Firms More Time To Piece Together Bids
• Hilton, Plateno Partner To Open Affordable Hotels In China
• Spirit Pub Pushes Back Deadline For $1.2B Buyout Bid
• Gordon Ramsay Has Beef With Fraud Claims In Fat Cow Fight
• If Voters Repeal The Massachusetts Gaming Law
• Jersey Mike's Owner Is Slicing Into Overtime Pay, Suit Says
• Best Buy, Yelp Agree To Alert Web Users Of Data Collection
• Mystery Bondholder Walks Away From Caesars Debt Talks
• The Donald Says Trump Resorts Ch. 11 Plan Lacks Key Info
• Struggling Cider Co. Says Irish Pub Bid Good For Revenue
• NYC Eateries Pursue Insurers For Sandy Coverage
• PE-Backed Steakhouse Operator Ramps Up For $75M IPO
• Resorts Casino Resolves Ex-Servers' Discrimination Suit
• Market Rumors: Cheil, Floor & Decor, Jasmine Broadband
• GLPI Sues Pa. Casino Owner Over Info In $465M Deal
• Judge Blocks NJ Sports Betting — What's Next?
• DOL Crackdown On Texas Employers May Come In 2015
• When Things Do Not Go As Planned In A Bankruptcy Sale
• Leader Of $300M Allied Vets Gambling Plot Won't Serve Time
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Hard Rock, Datatrak
• Man Who Claimed Needle In Burger King Sandwich Sanctioned
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Texas Online Horse Betting Ban
• Bruce Ratner Escapes Atlantic Yards Employment Suit
• NYC Restaurant Goes After Insurer Over Sandy-Spoiled Food
• Judge Sets Hearing, Extends TRO In NJ Sports Betting Row
• Forest Service Asks Judge To Ax Montana Ski Resort Suit
• $23B Burger King-Tim Hortons Deal OK'd By Canada Watchdog
• InterContinental Unit Sues Zurich For Privacy Case Coverage
• Online Travel Booking Companies Escape Price-Fixing MDL
• InnVest REIT, KingSett Pay $167M For Toronto Hotel Stake
• Atlantic City Says Stay On Revel Casino Would Ruin Budget
• Wis. Gov. Ignored Living Wage Law, Workers Say
• RE Rumor Mill: Skadden Arps, Gramercy Park Hotel, Moinian
• Fontainebleau Judge Rejects Trustee's D&O Settlement
• Charcoal Cos. Settle Antitrust Class Action For $2.4M
• SC Resorts' Attys Survive DQ Bid In IP Suit Against Firm
• Trump Entertainment Asks To Sell Slots From Closed Casino
• NLRB Slams Hotel For Repeated Labor Violations
• Rival Wants Dentons To Take Blame In $41M Resort Loan Row
• Use Social Media For Legal Service Only As A Last Resort
• Judge Blocks NJ From Launching Sports Betting On Sunday
• Brand Battles: Michael Jackson, Marine Corps, McDonald's
• Market Rumors: Roku, Hella, Airbnb
• Starwood, Sankaty Snap Up €800M Spanish Loan Portfolio
• $370M Austin Hotel Secures Colony Capital Financing
• RE Rumor Mill: Google, Hines, Keller Williams
• Exotic Dancers Win Cert. In Miami Club OT Suit
• Investors Blast Multimedia Games' $1.2B Sale To Global Cash
• Ex-Cadillac Ranch Accountant Hit With 1-Year Prison Term
• Glaser Weil Slams 'Bizarre' $28M Malpractice Bid As 'Vendetta'
• Leagues Push For 'Urgent' Injunction Of NJ Sports Betting
• Insurer Asks 8th Circ. To Fry Oil Fire Coverage Verdict
• Alabama Hotel Project A Misuse Of BP Funds, Suit Alleges
• 'Kobe' Beef Off Menu As Calif. Chain Settles False Ad Suit
• Magners Cider Maker Tries To Upend $1.2B Spirit Pubs Deal
• Trump Resorts Gets Final OK To Fund Case With Icahn Cash
• A Different Kind Of Hospitality Opportunity In China
• Reps. Seek Probe Of Jimmy John's Over Noncompetes
• RE Rumor Mill: Goldman, Hyundai, Ashkenazy
• Union Blasts Trump Resorts' Bid To Stifle Communications
• Justices Poised To Set Line For Police On Data Searches
• Dollar Thrifty Renters Seek Cert. In Hidden Fees Suit
• Giving Number To Airline Isn't TCPA Consent, 9th Circ. Told
• Reed Smith Hatches Global Ebola Task Force
• Highland's RE Loan Suit Against Credit Suisse Gets Axed
• Ariz. Attacks Tribe's Phoenix Casino Plan In 9th Circ.
• Market Rumors: Wingstop, Yodle, ECB
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• Ritz Workers, Atty Sanctioned In 'Frivolous' Discrimination Suit
• Astros, Nats Stadium Plan Gets $108M Boost From Fla. County
• Mass. Gaming Officials Slam Caesars' Casino Bid Appeal
• Simpson Thacher To Help PE Firm Give Up ClubCorp Stake
• Magna Hospitality Nets $135M In Sale Of 2 NYC Hotels
• DC Circ. Skewers DHS Visa Denial For Brazilian Chef
• Ski Resort Owner Reboots IPO Plans Despite Rattled Market
• Slot Machine Maker Can't Shut Down Former GC's Rival Co.
• Revel Auction Loser Can't Void Brookfield Sale, Judge Says
• Wyndham Execs Escape Derivative Suit Over Cyberattacks
• Pro Leagues, NCAA Make Play To Stop NJ Sports Betting Law
• NLRB Judges Knock 2 Employers' Arbitration Pacts
• Flawed Order Led To Worker's $2.5M Award, Cruise Line Says
• PR Team Says Texas Attys Owe $8M For Soliciting Spill Claims
• Food Distributor Will Be First Kuwait IPO In Three Years
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Forest City, Canyon-Johnson
• Carlson Rezidor Inks Saudi Arabian Hotel Development Deal
• 4 Ways To Build A Strong Tourism Improvement District
• How Hotels Can Control The Consequences Of Force Majeure
• Justices To Hear Challenge To LA Hotel Registry Search Law
• Halberstadt Settles Client's Suit Over Paperwork Error
• Trump Entertainment Allowed To Nix Union Deal In Ch. 11
• Ill. Towns Want Expedia To Divulge Details In Hotel Tax Row
• Cerberus, Orion Team Up On $287M Deal For Spanish Resort
• Papa John's Customers Again Seek Cert. In Delivery Tax Suit
• Bank Lenders Jump Into Caesars Restructuring Talks
• NYC Hotels Sue AFL-CIO, Claiming Card Check Overreach
• What Litigators Can Learn From Novelists
• Chuck E. Cheese's Gobbles Up Competitor Peter Piper Pizza
• California Burger Chain Hopes To Beef Up With Public Debut
• NJ Gains An Edge As Bill Passes To Kill Sports Betting Laws
• RE Rumor Mill: Plaza Hotel, WeWork, Tishman
• Wyndham Attracts Outside Support In FTC Data Security Row
• Stroock Helps KNIC Ink 99-Year Lease For Bronx Ice Center
• Sonifi Creditors Lose Challenge To Mast-Led Restructuring
• NY AG Slaps Papa John's Franchisee With $2M Wage Suit
• Boies Schiller Fights $270K Fine For Exiting Antitrust Suit
• Wis. Court Strikes Down City's 'Fee In Lieu Of Room Tax'
• Most NYC Airbnb Rentals Are Illegal, State AG Claims
• RE Rumor Mill: Mark Zuckerberg, Deutsche Bank, Resorttrust
• Bally's Strikes Unpaid OT Deal With NJ Casino Dealers
• Fla. Appeals Court Kills City's Hotel Development Ordinance
• Hilton, Wyndham Reach Deals With NY AG Over Time Shares
• Practitioner's Playbook: Starboard Vs. Darden
• AEG Gets More Time To Relocate NFL Team To Los Angeles
• Travel Websites Can't Escape Puerto Rico Tax Suit
• Takeaways From Appeal Of UK Hotel Bookings Settlement
• Strike Wouldn't Stop Icahn's Trump Resorts Rescue, Atty Says
• Royal Mail Nets $176M In Sale Of London Mail-Sorting Site
• Asian Investors Play Growing Role In US Real Estate Deals
• Developer Scores Colo. Land For $50M Marriott Hotel
• NJ Senate OKs Tax Incentive Bill With Christie's Tweaks
• Embattled Darden CEO Steps Down, Sealing Starboard Win
• Information Governance: A Missed Opportunity For Lawyers
• Darden Ouster Shows Low Tolerance For Board Miscues
• Hotel CMBS Delinquencies Rise As Other Assets See Decline
• NJ Lawmaker Accuses Icahn Of Stifling AC Casino Rescue
• K&L Gates Tapped By MGM To Lobby On Casino Issues
• Marriott Strikes Private $240M Debt Deal On Timeshares
• PE-Backed Dave & Buster's Scores $95M In Public Debut
• Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, Wachtell, Sullivan
• CAFA Removal Procedure At Center Stage In Dart Cherokee
• Starboard Wins All 12 Darden Board Seats In Proxy Fight
• Escaping Taxes In Bankruptcy Through S Corporations
• Dairy Queen Confirms Data Breach At Nearly 400 Stores
• Nixon Peabody Fights Malpractice Suit Over $23M Land Deal
• 99 Restaurants Tells 1st Circ. Class Arbitration Is Courts' Call
• 9th Circ. Upholds Contempt For Bankrupt Ski Club's Founder
• Hawaiian Investor Drops $70M On Midtown Fairfield Inn
• Trump Casino Accuses Union of Harassment, Violating Stay
• Miami OKs Critical Zoning Exemptions For Convention Center
• Dollar Thrifty 'Lying' About Toll Fees, Plaintiffs Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: Altice, CDH Investments, Big Bus Tours
• Captain D's Owes Employees Back Pay, FLSA Suit Says
• Avis Managers' OT Settlement Needs More Info, Judge Says
• Tribe Asks DC Circ. To Let It Intervene In Gambling Suit
• NY Court Clarifies When Yellowstone Relief Is Appropriate
• Wachtell At Risk Of Big Defeat In Bitter Darden Proxy Fight
• Domino's Sees GeoTag Store-Locator Infringement Suit Tossed
• Slot Machine Co. Suing Atty Says It Didn't Disclose Secrets
• Grand Canyon Hotelier Sues NPS Over Contract Changes
• SF Takes Aim At Retailers' Reliance On Part-Time Labor
• Junior Creditors Owed $3.7B Cry Default On Caesars
• PE Firm Sued Over Allegedly Botching $39M Hyatt Hotel Deal
• Battles Over Hospitality Wages May Turn On Technicalities
• Landowner In Wynn Casino Deal Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud
• SF Panel OKs Plan To Regulate Airbnb, Similar Sites
• IGT Solicits Consents For $1.3B In Notes Ahead Of Merger
• A Primer On 'Bad Faith' In Federal Removal Jurisdiction
• In Starbucks Trial, Doc Says Brew Doesn't Blunt Carcinogen
• Wyndham Fires Opening Salvo In FTC Data Security Appeal
• 8th Circ. Lets Insurer Off Hook For Sonic Owner's Car Wreck
• Justices Question Their Powers In Class Action Removal Row
• Trump Resorts Didn't Bargain In Good Faith, Union Says
• EEOC Asks 11th Circ. For Broad Subpoena Power Under ADA
• NJ Judge OKs Revel Sale Despite Losing Bidder's Protest
• RE Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, 1 WTC, Hanover
• Retail Groups Shift Blame For Data Breaches To Bank Cards
• Ga. Franchisors Face New Exposure Under FTC Rule
• China's Top Car Services Co. eHi Plans $100M IPO In US
• Ardent Scores Management Contracts For 2 NYC Hotels
• Goldman Sells Sawgrass Golf Resort To Carey Watermark
• King & Spalding Hires FTC Official For Antitrust Group In DC
• Revel Auction Loser Straub Challenges Sale to Brookfield
• TD Bank Veers Away From Online Gaming Payments
• NY Judge Slims Down $320M Ice Center Partnership Dispute
• Euro Disney Strikes $1.26B Refi Deal With Walt Disney Co.
• Casino Group Drops Akin Gump Malpractice Appeal
• Avis Accused Of Denying Drivers Chance To Contest Tickets
• High Court Leaves In Place Ruling That Condos Are Lots
• Multimedia Games $1.1B Deal Stiffs Shareholders, Suit Says
• Host Hotels Closes $359M Deals For Fla., Berlin Venues
• High Court Docks Royal Caribbean Workers' Pay Appeal
• Hilton Inks $1.95B Deal To Unload Waldorf Astoria
• Crumbs Requests Conversion To Ch. 7 Following Asset Sale
• In-House Insights From KBR General Counsel Andrew Farley
• Two Tickets To Paradise: Foreign Buyers Drawn To Florida
• Mister Softee Wins Final Ruling Against 'Master Softee'
• Marriott Hit With FCC Fine For Blocking Visitors' Wi-Fi
• Texas Justices Won't Revive $57M Verdict In Land Sale Row
• Caesars Keeps Betfair's Atlantic City Operations Alive
• Trump Entertainment Loses Bid To Dodge Pension Duties
• Capbridge Crafts Plans For $300M Hilton Timeshare
• Travelers Wants Out Of PF Chang's Data Breach Litigation
• Is Your EPLI Covering The Right Risks?
• Trump Entertainment, Union Scolded By Judge Over CBA Row
• RE Rumor Mill: Sean Ludwick, Alter City Group, WeWork
• PMZ Realty Capital Closes $95M Loan For Hotel Portfolio
• 3 Landowners In Wynn Casino Deal Charged With Fraud
• Tampa Bay Lightning Owner Pays $150M For Marriott Hotel
• Del. Chancery Backs Hotel Magnate's Partners In Contract Row
• NJ Assembly Panel OKs Bill To Repeal Ban On Sports Betting
• In Premier Proxy Fight Of 2014, Momentum Sidelines Darden
• Hyatt Continues Sales Spree With $100M DC Hotel Deal
• The Dramatic Transformation Of Miami's Lincoln Road
• NYC Living Wage Order Looms Over Restaurant, Retail Deals
• McDonald's Blocks Co.'s 'McSweet' Trademark Bid At TTAB
• Brookfield Wins Revel With $110M Bid, Will Reopen As Casino
• Trump Resorts Files Ch. 11 Plan With Icahn Debt-Equity Swap
• Congresswoman Demands Military End Burger King Contracts
• Ex-Casino Execs Owe $272M Over Lost License, Judge Says
• NLRB Faults Cleaning Co. For Not Hiring Union Workers
• Casino Expansion Can't Be Rush Job, NJ Senate Chief Says
• MGM-Led Team Scores Financing For $375M Las Vegas Arena