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Hospitality - March, 2021

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• Fla. Judge Ships Prerecorded Call Spat Back To State Court
• Burrito Chain Hits Zurich With $100M Pandemic Countersuit
• Miami Beach Wins Fight With Club Over Code Enforcement
• Insurer Beats 4 Philly Cos.' Virus Coverage Class Suits
• Beijing Tourism Co. Pushes For Enforcement Of $1.4M Award
• Fontainebleau Settles With Union Over $5.3M Benefits Tab
• Pa. Court Told To Treat Virus Closure Like Smoking Ban
• 3 Cybersecurity Questions To Ask Before A Remote Mediation
• 'Creative' Insurance MDL Over Ski Fees Axed, For Now
• Mich. Judge Nixes Casino Developers' Suit Against Tribe
• Biden Signs 2-Month Extension For PPP Virus Loan Program
• 8th Circ. Says Taco Bell Franchisee Can Arbitrate OT Dispute
• 7th Circ. Backs Winery Union's 'Cellar Lives Matter' Vest Win
• Wynn Resorts, Ex-Counsel Try To Sink Bribery Case
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Tribe 'Can't Rewrite The Law,' Judge Says In Land Trust Case
• 9th Circ. Revives Casino ATM Merchant's Contract Dispute
• Terminating Hotel Management Contracts Amid COVID-19
• Pa. Anti-Mask Restaurant Can't Reopen During Appeal
• DOL's FLSA Kickback Suit Spared From Discovery Protocols
• Brewery Asks For Another Round In COVID-19 Coverage Row
• Consumers Slam Sonic's Bid To Dodge Unwanted Texts Suit
• A Uniform Mediation Act Primer As States Continue Adoption
• Justices Offer No Answers On COVID-19 Coverage Suits
• Virus Exclusion Ends NJ Ice Cream Shop's Coverage Suit
• Billionaire Must Ante Up $297M Award, Casino Co. Tells Court
• Moroccan Hotel Says Starwood Capital Must Pay $60M Award
• Biden Signs Trimmed Extension Of COVID Bankruptcy Relief
• Fla. Gov. Signs Sweeping COVID-19 Liability Protection Law
• 9th Circ. Clears Insurers In 49ers Stadium Access Suit
• Chancery Nixes Fired McDonald's CEO's Bid To Limit Info
• Insurer's Appeal Of Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Claim Form Tossed
• Wynn Las Vegas Settles Tip-Pool Collective Action For $5.6M
• Insurer Wants Pancake House's Pandemic Coverage Suit Axed
• Architect In Tribal Bribery Suit Has Designs On Quick Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: Moinian, Gipson, Cross Continental
• Miner Seeks Docs As It Looks To Enforce $6B Pakistan Award
• Insurance Broker Not Liable For Calif. Hair Salons' Virus Loss
• Former Super 8 Motel Owner Loses TCPA Junk Fax Suit
• Digital COVID Vaccine Passports Should Be Antitrust-Exempt
• Hotel Chains Say Missing Search History Dooms Antitrust Suit
• Safeguarding Privileged Communications In A Remote World
• Planet Fitness Scores End To 2 Suits Over Fees In Pandemic
• Fla. COVID-19 Biz Liability Shield Bill Sent To Gov.'s Desk
• Eagle Hospitality Defends Foreign Units' Inclusion In Ch. 11
• Cash-Hungry Cos. Find Alternative To Volatile Markets
• Kiwi.com Wants To List Southwest Flights During TM Suit
• When Federal Courts Remand Eviction Actions Back To States
• Texas Justices Won't Review Bikini-Latex Club Tax Appeal
• Perkins Coie Land-Use Head Sees 4 Active Sectors Amid Virus
• Saiber LLC Grows NJ Gaming Practice With Ex-Casino Atty
• Calif. Tribe Says County Can't Dodge Suit Over Casino Pact
• NJ Judge Clips Hair Salon's Pandemic Coverage Suit
• 4 Areas Of Cyberattack Vulnerability For Law Firms
• Lisa Bloom Can't Duck Wynn's Defamation Suit At 9th Circ.
• Nigeria's Fight Against $48M Award Heads To Top UK Court
• Online Casino Fined £6M Over Money Laundering Lapses
• Okla. Tribe Beats Enviro Suit Over Casino's 'Sewage Lagoons'
• Airbnb Hosts Lose Challenge To Jersey City Rental Law
• Timeshare Cos. To Pay $1.5M To Settle Wage Class Action
• Marriott Operator Sues Insurers Over $125M Virus Loss
• Calif. Cafe's Pandemic Coverage Lawsuit Nixed Again
• Loss Amount Is Shaping PPP Fraud Prosecution Sentencing
• NY Rent Control Bill Would Hurt Residential Real Estate Sector
• Bain-Backed Cleaning Products Co. Misses Bar In $692M IPO
• How To Help Your Witnesses Overcome Hindsight Bias
• Taylor Swift, Theme Park End 'Evermore' IP Fight
• McDonald's Beats Vanilla Ice Cream Suit, For Now
• Privileged Matter At Heart of 2 Havana Docks Suits
• Insurer Asks To Immediately Appeal COVID-19 MDL Ruling
• Airline Ticket Agency Hit With Lawsuit Over Unpaid OT
• Mass. Judge Cooks Restaurants' Pandemic Coverage Suit
• Colo. PE Firm Targeted For Info In Fight Over Thai Villa
• Salesforce Must Face Trimmed Backpage Sex Trafficking Suit
• DOL Refuses Cruise Line's Hiring Request As Incomplete
• Grubhub Hit With Class Suit Over Restaurant Phone Orders
• 3 Firms Guide Casino Chain Bally's £2B Deal With Gamesys
• Nursing Home Chain Cuts $16M Financial Elder Abuse Deal
• NJ 'Reply All' Ethics Opinion Brings New Pitfalls For Attorneys
• Versace Owner Says Routine Cleaning Can't Stop COVID Harm
• DOL Lets Part Of Trump's Tipped Worker Rule Take Effect
• 3 Data Breach Cases Against Dickey's BBQ Get Consolidated
• St. Louis Blues Owner On Hook For $1.2M Fan Injury Award
• NYC Hotel Says Payments Should Offset Arbitration Award
• Eagle Hospitality OK'd For $470M Ch. 11 Sale Effort In Del.
• Starwood Capital Says It's Not On The Hook For $60M Award
• Rincon Band Wants To Pause Termination Suit Amid Appeal
• Ditchik & Ditchik Is Expanding Its Real Estate Tax Practice
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Caesars Sues More Than 36 Insurers Over $2B Virus Loss
• 1st Circ. Says Cleaner Must Arbitrate Wage Fight With Web Co.
• Ill. Grubhub Suit Paused As Deal Is Reached In Colorado Case
• Celebs, Women's Groups Push Dems To Ditch Tipped Wage
• Alaska Tribe Fights DOI Bid For Early Win In Bingo Hall Row
• Insurer Wants Ill. Banquet Halls' Virus Coverage Suit Tossed
• Judging A Book: Bibas Reviews Rakoff's 'Why The Innocent Plead Guilty'
• Real Estate Rumors: Hellman & Friedman, Chetrit, Dorsey
• Outback Franchisee Loses Pandemic Coverage Suit
• Defendant Cuts Deal With Investors In EB-5 Fla. Hotel Fraud Suit
• Allen & Gledhill Guides CapitaLand's $16B Restructuring
• Defamation Claim Axed In Hard Rock Demolition Row
• W.Va. Becomes Latest State With COVID Liability Shield Law
• No Role For Feds In Tribes' Ore. Water Claims, DC Circ. Says
• Vt. Judge Nixes Separate Trials In Jay Peak EB-5 Fraud Case
• Chubb Unit Wants To Escape Cafe Co.'s COVID Coverage Suit
• Marriott Seeks Ch. 11 Review Of Wardman Hotel Documents
• Coronavirus Q&A: Greenspoon Marder's Hospitality Chair
• McD's Can Defend NLRB Decision In Joint Employer Case
• Ex-Casino Manager Slams Tribe's Effort To Stall Firing Suit
• Salon Owner Hits Hartford With Class Suit Over COVID Losses
• For Law Firm Digital Marketing, Less Is Sometimes More
• Kelley Drye Adds TCPA Class Action Veteran In LA
• Harford Moves To Check Out From Hotels' Virus Coverage Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Calif. Dems Eye Building Restrictions As Fire Season Nears
• Walgreens Inks $3.3M Deal Over Pharmacy Tech Wage Claims
• Dining Co. Looks To Seize Chinese Restaurateur's NYC Condo
• Ill. Eateries Question Grubhub False Ad Deal In Colorado
• Travelers Beats Pa. Hospital's Bid For COVID-19 Coverage
• Conn. Strikes Deal With 2 Tribes On Sports, Online Gambling
• Ga. Appeals Court Ousts Special Master In Hotel Co. Dispute
• La. Tax Talk: Hotel Taxes, Parish Dispute, Challenging Regs
• NLRB Asks 9th Circ. To Make Luxury LA Hotel Rehire Workers
• NFL Stadium Coverage Row Settles At 2nd Circ. Goal Line
• DOI Defends Gambling Green Light On Kan. Tribal Trust Land
• Business 'Turmoil' Doesn't Save Bakery From Loss At NLRB
• 11th Circ. Revives PETA Challenge To License For Miami Orca
• House Votes To Extend Pandemic-Era Bankruptcy Relief
• Anonymous Sex-Trafficking Victim Drops Hotel Co. Suit
• NLRB Atty Says Hotel Worker's WaPo Interview Was Protected
• Wendy's, Marriott Owners Lose $40M Pandemic Insurance Suit
• Tribe In Casino Row Claims Judge Misinterpreted $5.4M Note
• 9th Circ. Backs Seattle Hotel Worker Health Mandate
• Eataly Hit With Suit Over Chicago Workers' Finger Scans
• Ill. Hotel Asks 7th Circ. To Save Pandemic Coverage Suit
• Fine Print Won't Save MLB, Cubs From Trial Over Fan Injury
• Judge Says No COVID-19 Coverage For Restaurants In Atlanta
• NLRB Wants Order For Hotel To Rehire Unionized Workers
• McDonald's Says Ex-CEO Trying To 'Evade' Probe Of Affairs
• Host Hotels Nabs Hyatt Regency Austin Before Foreclosure
• SF Airport Restaurant Co. Refused Arbitration, Union Says
• NYPD Officers Say Cos. Should Face Off-Duty Wage Suit
• Judge Sees Through Ghost Tour's Free Speech COVID-19 Suit
• Philly Eagles Take Insurer To Court Over COVID-19 Coverage
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Real Estate Rumors: Contour Saws, Bove, Sonder
• Trump Hotel Lease Docs Off-Limits To House Dems, DOJ Says
• Leasing Co.'s 737 Max Fraud Suit Slashed, Bumped To Wash.
• Ala. Tribe Need Not Face Burial Grounds Suit, Judge Rules
• 11th Circ. Calls Fla. Tribe's Casino Revenues Taxable Income
• Strategies For Fighting Back Against A Rambo Litigator
• Judge Says Insurer Doesn't Cover Hilton's $20M Mold Damage
• No Early Win For Trafficking Victims Against Hotel Insurer
• Trade Groups Push For New PPP Deadline, Citing Tech Issues
• 3 Firms Ask To Co-Lead Combined Dickey's Data Breach Suits
• Insurer Countersues ViacomCBS Over COVID-19 Coverage
• The Hartford Dodges Restaurant's COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Bartlit Beck Gets $54M Award Against Billionaire Confirmed
• EEOC Says IHOP Franchisee Allowed 'Pervasive' Harassment
• Indiana Theater Loses Battle For COVID-19 Loss Coverage
• 3 Firms Assemble $6B Deal For Extended Stay America
• Planet Hollywood Wants COVID-19 Losses Covered
• Space Needle Owner Hits Insurer With Pandemic Suit
• Pinnacle Table Dealers Get Cert. In Missouri Tip-Pool Suit
• Insurer Again Tries To Nix Hotel Owner's $20M Burst Pipe Suit
• Insurers Dodge Virus Suit From NJ, Del., Fla. Restaurants
• Latham Real Estate Leader Eyes Wave Of Opportunistic Buys
• Alaska Hotel Illegally Upped Cleaning Quotas, NLRB Says
• Hyatt Wage Class Action To Stay In Calif. Federal Court
• LAX Concessions Co. Must Litigate Workers' Wage Suit
• Mass. Tribe Asks 1st Circ. To Rethink Casino Ruling
• Real Estate Rumors: Hersha, Wayne Rosen, Oaktree
• 9th Circ. Won't Jump-Start Hertz Age Bias Suit
• Aviva Accuses Hotel Operator Of Fraud In Leak Damage Claim
• 1 Year Into Pandemic, It's Time To Rethink Law Firm Billing
• Tribe, DOI Want Yocha Dehe Blocked From Casino Suit
• Calif. Regulator Says Car Insurers Overcharged Amid COVID
• Ticket Buyers Ink $7.5M Deal In Vivid Seats Virus Refund Suit
• Why A Surge Of COVID Securities Suits Hasn't Happened
• Ga. Judge Likely To Stay Insurance Bid Over Hotel Sex Cases
• Womble Bond Dickinson Snags Energy, Gaming, Transpo Pro
• Biden OKs $28.6B In COVID-19 Restaurant Relief Funds
• Judge Axes Counterclaim In Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Suit
• What Companies Should Know About SIGPR Oversight
• 9th Circ. Affirms DOI Win In Nooksack Election Fraud Suit
• 1 Year Into Pandemic, These Real Estate Questions Remain
• Rogue High Court Citation May Spark Legal Writing Changes
• Lone Star Laterals: Haynes And Boone, Yetter Coleman
• Colony Defeats Restaurant Chain's COVID Coverage Suit
• Lisa Bloom Asks 9th Circ. To End Steve Wynn Defamation Suit
• ClubCorp Says Court Erred In Axing Bid To Arbitrate Fees Suit
• Hotel Union Sues For Severance, Benefits After Virus Layoffs
• Key Takeaways From The Biggest COVID Real Estate Cases
• Steamboat Cos. Can't Steer Bartender's OT Suit To Arbitration
• A Cautionary Tale About Anti-Reliance Clauses In Delaware
• Real Estate Rumors: Sunbeam, Bank Leumi, Hotel Properties
• House Sends $1.9T Virus Relief Package To Biden
• 5 Pennsylvania Cases That Shaped A Year Of COVID
• 4 Firms Build Hilton Vacation Co.'s $1.4B Timeshare Biz Buy
• Takeaways From Calif. COVID Dining Restrictions Ruling
• The Case For Diversity In Internal Investigation Teams
• How COVID Strengthened Texas As A Bankruptcy Hub
• Gap Must Pay Manhattan Rent, Even In Face Of Pandemic
• Ill. Court OKs Ex-Alderman's Win In Chicago Zoning Fight
• Seneca Nation Asks 2nd Circ. To Revisit Gambling Ruling
• 2nd Circ. Backs Class Decertification In Restaurant Wage Suit
• NLRB Acting GC Shreds Judge's Bargaining Suit Dismissal
• Calif. County Attempts To Escape Tribe's Casino Tax Suit
• Ghost Tours' COVID-19 Suit May Already Be Dead, Judge Says
• Judge Serves Restaurants A Virus Coverage Suit Dismissal
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Venue Owner Must Face Suit Over Calif. Concertgoer's Injury
• Liberty Needn't Cover Pizza Hut Owner's Wage Payment Suits
• Key Legal Considerations For NYC Ghost Kitchen Leases
• Law360's Tort Report: Med Mal Damages Bill Fails In Virginia
• What COVID Taught Real Estate Attys About Force Majeure
• How Recent Fla. Consumer Cases Diverge On Improper Fees
• Dickey's BBQ Says It Must 'Guess' Claims In Data Breach Suit
• Mass. Asset Manager Can't Escape $1.05 Million Judgment
• Travelers Beats Flower Importers' Bid For $2M Pandemic Loss
• Female Execs Say Turning Down Boss' LSD Got Them Fired
• Virus Exclusion Sinks Hotels' COVID-19 Coverage Bid
• Suit Claims Delta Flight Attendant Molested Girl On Flight
• Topgolf Rival Takes Another Shot At 5th Circ. In Antitrust Case
• DirecTV Can't Push 'Sunday Ticket' Suit To Arb., Subs Say
• Broadway Helps Steer Insurer's Win In Virus Coverage Suit
• Luckin Coffee Investors Work Toward Stock Suit Settlement
• Cincinnati Insurance Beats Ariz. Eateries' Virus Coverage Suit
• LaGuardia Eatery Operator Can't Nix Union's Arbitration Win
• Seafood Chain Loses COVID-19 Coverage Fight In Mass.
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Timeshare Occupancy Tax In Virgin Islands
• 5 Ways Outside Counsel Can Impress Their Clients
• Luxury Calif. Hotel Hits Ch. 11 With Rebranding Hopes
• Senate Approves $1.9T Virus Relief Plan With Changes
• 3rd Circ. Keeps Atlantic City Pool Party Injury Suit Afloat
• Luxury NYC Hotel Cites Trump In COVID-19 Insurance Suit
• NLRB Seeks Contempt Order In Casino Bargaining Dispute
• Fed. Circ. Says Claims Court Can Hear Implied Breach Claims
• Acting NLRB GC Defends Right To Seek Scrap Of Scabby Suit
• Latham Guides Airbnb in $2B Convertible Notes Offering
• Walgreens Settles PAGA Off-Duty Break Suit For $6.8M
• Real Estate Rumors: Estate Cos., Innovo, Morgan Properties
• Raymond James Fights $8M Deal In Jay Peak EB-5 Fraud Case
• Loeb & Loeb Adds Another Employment Law Bigwig
• Nashville Club Can't Get Food-Contamination Virus Coverage
• COVID-19 Business Liability Shield Bill Passes Fla. House
• Royal Caribbean Passenger Nabs Partial Win In Assault Suit
• Duval Real Estate Leaders Hope NYC Will Loosen Restrictions
• Judge Greenlights Beauty Salon's COVID-19 Coverage Suit
• Panda Express Workers Forced To Strip At Seminar, Suit Says​​​​​​​
• Restaurant Avoids Sanctions In Slip-And-Fall Suit
• 3 Firms Craft £2.3B Deal For Mobile Power Provider Aggreko
• COVID-19 Suit Against Carnival Sails Toward A 2022 Trial
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Denial Of PPP Loan For NY Strip Club
• Hotels Say Expedia Shouldn't Join TravelPass Antitrust Suit
• Alamo Drafthouse Gets OK To Tap $7M In DIP Funds
• Insurer Seeks $3M Aid In NJ Devils Arena Personal Injury Suit
• Ethics Tips For Attorneys Telecommuting Across State Lines
• Business Suits Over Virus Rules Likely To Fail, But Not Slow
• Marriott Beats Proposed Class Action Over Data Breach
• Racetrack Loses Bid In 1st Circ. To Revive Wynn RICO Suit
• Ex-Head Chef Says Calif. Hotel Wrongly Fired Him Over Injury
• The Halal Guys Sue The Halal Girls In TM Battle Of The Sexes
• Feds Say 'Tiger King' Animal Welfare Act Claim Is Valid
• Domino's Drivers Strike $3M FLSA Settlement With Franchisee
• 6 Ways Legal Employers Can Help Pandemic-Weary Parents
• AIG, Other Insurers Slammed With $500M NY Casino Virus Suit
• Great Wolf Lodge Says Zurich Owes For COVID-19 Losses
• 4 Firms Build $6.25B Sale Of Venetian Hotel In Las Vegas
• Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Hits Ch. 11 With Plans For Sale
• Ex-MillerCoors VP's COVID-19 Release Bid Put On Ice
• ClubCorp Must Face Suit Over Fees Charged During Pandemic
• Pest Control Workers Say Starbucks Can't Ax Exposure Suit
• Black Franchisees Pan McDonald's 'Old-Fashioned Racism'
• Bank OZK Loans $189M For Massive Baltimore Project
• GOP Senator Seeks More H-2B Visas Under Proposal
• Mich. Casino Bets Zurich Unit Must Cover $270M Virus Loss
• Florida's Rush To Pass COVID-19 Liability Shield May Backfire
• COVID-19 Insurance Issues To Watch In Civil Law Countries
• Gibson Dunn Gets $600K Fee Award In HomeAway-NYC Spat
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Remote Working Tips For Lawyer Trainees And Their Firms
• ERISA Group Asks 9th Circ. To Scrap Seattle Benefits Law
• Chipotle Customer Says 'Free' Deliveries Hide Fees
• Health Care Cos. Say Zurich Policies Cover Virus Claims
• Former Directors Sued Over Failed Real Estate Investment Site
• Pizza Delivery Drivers Win Preliminary Cert. In Wage Suit
• Menu Patent Biz Fights Domino's Fee Win, Says It's No Troll
• Insurer Must Face Hotel Investors' $40M Virus Coverage Suit
• Cruise Line Loses Doc Bid In Stolen Cuban Property Suit
• Fla. Restaurant Loses Bid For COVID-19 Coverage
• Wyndham Hotels Can't Get Sex Trafficking Suit Dismissed
• No DQ For Polsinelli In Slot-Maker's 'Sham' Patent Suit