Hospitality

  • January 30, 2024

    Biden Admin. Finalizes Immigration Fee Hikes

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Tuesday firmed up immigration fee increases that will significantly raise the costs for employers to hire noncitizen workers, but offered some concessions in response to criticism that earlier proposed rates were too high.

  • January 30, 2024

    Real Estate Rumors: Eldawy, Wake Stone, Ohio Police & Fire

    Developer Mohamed Eldawy is said to be seeking city approval for a $250 million mixed-use project in Galveston, Texas, Wake Stone Property is reportedly investing $48 million toward expanding an industrial park in North Carolina, and the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund could be investing up to $275 million in real estate this year.

  • January 30, 2024

    Irked NC Judge Pushes Deal To End Derelict 'Ghost' Park Spat

    A North Carolina state court judge irritated with the legal antics surrounding an abandoned theme park targeted for dissolution warned the parties Tuesday that a settlement may be their best path forward to avoid a decision that may be "mostly unsatisfactory for both of you."

  • January 30, 2024

    Trump Golf Club Says Atty Pushing NDA Was On Her Own

    A former server who says a Trump Organization golf resort fraudulently induced her to sign a nondisclosure agreement after she accused a manager of sexually harassing her should have her suit tossed from New Jersey state court, the resort is arguing, saying her allegations were against a third-party attorney not working as "an employee or agent of the club."

  • January 29, 2024

    Couple To Pay $730K To End Filipino Workers' Trafficking Case

    An Oklahoma couple has agreed to pay $730,000 to end allegations that they made false promises of fair wages to lure Filipino workers and then charged steep recruitment fees that made the workers indebted to them, according to a federal court filing.

  • January 29, 2024

    Increase In Trafficking Reveals Hospitality Coverage Concerns

    As human trafficking continues to increase and travel returns to prepandemic levels, hospitality industry policyholders may see more direct trafficking exclusions and increased education requirements as the insurance industry works to address this growing risk, experts said.

  • January 29, 2024

    Judge Won't Pause Ohio Trafficking Case For Centralization

    An Ohio federal judge denied a woman's bid to pause her sex trafficking lawsuit while she awaits a decision to have her case centralized with other trafficking cases because it would delay efficient resolution.

  • January 29, 2024

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    A transportation services company and cryptocurrency fund both exited litigation, a grill maker and EV-charging company fired up new cases, and biotechs bandaged old wounds while judges fast-tracked a musical power struggle and unwound a REIT deal. All told, a typical week for Delaware's court of equity.

  • January 29, 2024

    Trump Assails Fraud Monitor For 'Misleading' Final Report

    Counsel for former President Donald Trump denounced the independent monitor overseeing his businesses on Monday, accusing her of seeking to extend her term and get more money by bolstering the New York attorney general's civil fraud case as a decision looms.

  • January 29, 2024

    KSL Closes $3B Continuation Fund To Invest In Ski Resort Biz

    Private equity shop KSL Capital Partners, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Hogan Lovells, on Monday announced that it closed its single-asset continuation vehicle after securing over $3 billion in commitments to invest in Alterra Mountain Co.

  • January 26, 2024

    Trump Org. Monitor Flags Financial 'Errors' As Ruling Looms

    An independent monitor overseeing the Trump Organization's finances amid the New York attorney general's civil fraud suit reported Friday she found multiple errors and misstatements in disclosures sent to third-party lenders, including underreporting the organization's liabilities by millions of dollars and hiding $40 million recently sent directly to the former president.

  • January 26, 2024

    Museums Cover Native Exhibits In Renewed Repatriation Push

    Museums and other institutions throughout the country are covering exhibits that display Indigenous artifacts as updates to a federal law governing the repatriation of remains and culturally affiliated objects has gone into effect.

  • January 26, 2024

    2 Business Owners Get Jail Time For Bribing DC Tax Official

    A concert operator and a bar owner have been hit with sentences of two years or longer in the District of Columbia for participating in separate conspiracies focused on evading business tax obligations via bribes to a former employee of the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue.

  • January 26, 2024

    Casino To End Del. SPAC Suit Despite Hedge Fund Butting In

    A New York hedge fund that helped draft a failed $2.6 billion deal to take a casino in the Philippines public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company is now trying to intervene in the company's Delaware lawsuit against the casino's operators, challenging a pending settlement that would end their Chancery Court litigation.

  • January 26, 2024

    Mich. Justices To Hear Disney, Eatery Group's Escheat Fight

    The Michigan Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a lower court's finding that audits that the state Department of Treasury initiated against Disney and a restaurant company paused the statute of limitations for the agency to demand that the businesses turn over unclaimed property to the state.

  • February 08, 2024

    Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2024 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is looking for avid readers of its publications to serve as members of its 2024 editorial advisory boards.

  • January 26, 2024

    Carnival Beats Suit Over Passenger's Dining Area Fall

    A Florida federal court has thrown out a passenger's claims that a Carnival Corp. cruise liner had a dangerous threshold to its dining area that caused him to trip and suffer a brain injury, saying he hasn't offered evidence that shows the company was aware the walkway was dangerous.

  • January 25, 2024

    MrBeast Says Restaurant Co.'s Suit Is Trying To 'Gaslight' Court

    YouTube megastar MrBeast urged a New York state court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the virtual restaurant company he partnered with and then sued for damaging his brand by allegedly making bad food, arguing the company's countersuit attempts to both unlawfully silence him and "gaslight" the court and the public.

  • January 25, 2024

    Movie Mogul's Wife Can't Escape Discovery In $500M Fight

    A New York federal judge has refused to reconsider the bulk of his discovery order related to tax, immigration and financial records held by a Chinese cinema magnate's wife in an investor dispute over a half-billion-dollar arbitral award against her husband.

  • January 25, 2024

    Class Seeks OK Of $24M Hidden Fee Deal With AIG Units

    A class of travel insurance buyers has asked a California federal judge to greenlight their nearly $24 million settlement resolving claims accusing three AIG units of stacking hidden fees on top of travel insurance premiums.

  • January 25, 2024

    State Farm Beats Suit Alleging Excessive COVID-Era Premiums

    A California federal judge on Thursday said State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. did not collect excessive premiums during the COVID-19 pandemic, handing the insurer an early win in a proposed class action brought by a cafe owner.

  • January 25, 2024

    Domino's Seeks To Cut Swapped Plaintiffs In Driver Wage Row

    Domino's Pizza told a Michigan federal judge that none of the proposed substitute lead plaintiffs in an expense reimbursement collective action can adequately represent a nationwide class of delivery drivers because many of them have already committed to arbitrate their claims.

  • January 25, 2024

    Alaskan Guide Co. To Pay $900K For Fire On Native Lands

    An Alaskan fishing guide service will pay $900,000 to resolve claims brought by the U.S. Department of the Interior accusing one of its guides of lighting an illegal campfire that ultimately burned through 176 acres of Native and federal public lands, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • January 25, 2024

    Real Estate Rumors: Maryland U., Cohen & Steers, Marriott

    Maryland University of Integrative Health is said to have sold 12.5 acres of land and a two-story building for $8.3 million, a venture of Cohen & Steers and the Sterling Organization has reportedly bought a Texas shopping center for $42 million, and a Marriott hotel in Philadelphia is believed to have traded hands for $32.7 million.

  • January 25, 2024

    Philly Cheesesteak Shop Owners Get Prison For Tax Evasion

    The father-son duo behind the famous Tony Luke's cheesesteak restaurant in South Philadelphia were each sentenced to 20 months in prison Thursday for what prosecutors said was a decadelong tax evasion scheme that included keeping false ledgers and paying employees under the table.

Expert Analysis

  • Level Up Lawyers' Business Development With Gamification

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    With employee engagement at a 10-year low in the U.S., there are several gamification techniques marketing and business development teams at law firms can use to make generating new clients and matters more appealing to lawyers, says Heather McCullough at Society 54.

  • Mallory Ruling Leaves Personal Jurisdiction Deeply Unsettled

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    In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway, a closely divided U.S. Supreme Court recently rolled back key aspects of its 2017 opinion in Daimler AG v. Bauman that limited personal jurisdiction, leaving as many questions for businesses as it answers, say John Cerreta and James Rotondo at Day Pitney.

  • 5 Ways Firms Can Rethink Office Design In A Hybrid World

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    As workplaces across the country adapt to flexible work, law firms must prioritize individuality, amenities and technology in office design, says Kristin Cerutti at Nelson Worldwide.

  • Opinion

    Bar Score Is Best Hiring Metric Post-Affirmative Action

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down affirmative action admissions policies, law firms looking to foster diversity in hiring should view an applicant's Multistate Bar Examination score as the best metric of legal ability — over law school name or GPA, says attorney Alice Griffin.

  • How End Of Forced Arb. Is Affecting Sex Harassment Cases

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    A little over a year after the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault Act became effective, we have started seeing substantive interpretation of the EFAA, almost exclusively from the U.S. district courts in New York, and there are two key takeaways for employers, says Lisa Haldar at Lawrence & Bundy.

  • 5 Strategies For Restructuring Underperforming CRE Loans

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    With commercial real estate industry conditions expected to deteriorate further in the coming months, market participants should consider a number of strategies to help resolve challenged investments, ranging from financial restructurings to project phasing, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Ghosting In BigLaw: How To Come Back From Lack Of Feedback

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    Junior associates can feel powerless when senior colleagues cut off contact instead of providing useful feedback, but young attorneys can get back on track by focusing on practical professional development and reexamining their career priorities, says Rachel Patterson at Orrick.

  • Steps To Success For Senior Associates

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    Adriana Paris at Rissman Barrett discusses the increased responsibilities and opportunities that becoming a senior associate brings and what attorneys in this role should prioritize to flourish in this stressful but rewarding next level in their careers.

  • How To Avoid A Zombie Office Building Apocalypse

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    With national office vacancy rates approaching 20%, policymakers, investors and developers will need to come together in order to prevent this troubling trend from sucking the life out of business districts or contaminating the broader real estate market, say Ryan Sommers and Robyn Minter Smyers at Thompson Hine.

  • Legal Profession Must Do More For Lawyers With Disabilities

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    At the start of Disability Pride month, Rosalyn Richter at Arnold & Porter looks at why lawyers with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in private practice, asserting that law firms and other employers must do more to conquer the implicit bias that deters attorneys from seeking accommodations.

  • Calif. Whistleblower Decision Signals Change For Employers

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    Because the California Supreme Court's recent The People v. Kolla's decision significantly expands employee whistleblower protections, employers should ensure that internal reporting procedures clearly communicate the appropriate methods of reporting and elevating suspected violations of law, say Alison Tsao and Sophia Jimenez at CDF Labor Law.

  • Opinion

    Appellate Funding Disclosure: No Mandate Is Right Choice

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    The Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules' recent decision, forgoing a mandatory disclosure rule for litigation funding in federal appeals, is prudent, as third-party funding is only involved in a minuscule number of federal cases, and courts have ample authority to obtain funding information if necessary, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.

  • Avoiding Negative Tax Consequences In Loan Modifications

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    Borrowers who may be caught in the dramatic uptick in nonperforming commercial real estate loans should consider strategies to avoid income and capital gains tax that may be triggered by loan modifications, says Aman Badyal at Glaser Weil.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Exposing Their Firms To Cyberattacks

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    Attorneys are the weakest link in their firms' cyberdefenses because hackers often exploit the gap between individuals’ work and personal cybersecurity habits, but there are some steps lawyers can take to reduce the risks they create for their employers, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy & Protection.

  • Virginia 'Rocket Docket' Slowdown Is Likely A Blip

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    After being the fastest or second-fastest federal civil trial court for 14 straight years, the Eastern District of Virginia has slid to 18th place, but the rocket docket’s statistical tumble doesn't mean the district no longer maintains a speedy civil docket, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

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