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Inaugural Master Class for Hotel & Restaurant Corporate Counsel

by HospitalityLawyer.com in Featured, Legal, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted October 5, 2022

A few weeks ago we hosted our Inaugural Virtual Master Class for Hotel & Restaurant Corporate Counsel aimed at improving corporate counsel law departments. It consisted of an interview with Stuart Kreindler, VP, Assistant General Counsel – Litigation & Risk Management at Choice Hotels International, followed by a presentation on “What is Top of Mind for ...

One Sin Too Many! Stop Human Trafficking!

by Thompson Coe in Legal, Lodging. Posted August 10, 2022

One Sin Too Many! Stop Human Trafficking!1 I. Human Trafficking Evolves Into a Defense and an Offense in Court With the Office of the Texas Attorney General estimating that 234,000 labor trafficking victims and 79,000 minor sex trafficking victims are suffering in the state at any given moment,2 the Texas Legislature, like many legislative bodies ...

Trends in Hotel Receiverships

by Foley Lardner in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging. Posted July 20, 2022

State of Play Bankruptcies in the hotel industry haven’t been as prevalent as predicted at the beginning of the pandemic. The industry expected to see a tidal wave of bankruptcies due to the business impact from COVID-19, from stay at home orders and non-essential designations, to lack of leisure and business travel even as restrictions ...

An Employer’s Guide to Workplace Protections for Abortion-Related Decisions

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources, Legal. Posted July 2, 2022

Employers likely have questions about abortion-related employment protections and healthcare benefits after [June 24th’s] SCOTUS controversial decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Given the ruling, people in states with strict abortion limitations may end up traveling to other states to receive abortion-related care. Can employees take job-protected leave to obtain such services? What other rights might ...

Hotel Safety and Security Risks to Owners, Operators & Insurance

by Hagwood & Tipton in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted June 29, 2022

The extent of liability to the owner, operator, and insurer of a hotel for any injury to a guest on the premises must always be determined on a case-by-case and state-by-state basis. However, there are some general principles that can be helpful in mitigating risk for each of the aforementioned parties when a guest is ...

Trends in Workouts & Restructurings – A Hotel Case Study

by Manuel Bremont in Hotel Development, Lodging. Posted June 22, 2022

It has been evident that despite the significant challenges and hurdles faced by the lodgingindustry since the onset of the pandemic, the volume of hotel restructurings and workouts has beena far cry from the volume experienced during the Great Recession. Indeed, the factors contributingto each one of these significant events are completely different; one the ...

Shame & Game That May Be Unsettling Cases in the Hospitality Space

by Cozen O'Connor in Legal. Posted June 15, 2022

What do hospitality establishments face when settlement is attempted? This paper focuses on present day sins that lead to unsettlement based on the last two years in a pandemic and the games that parties seem to play to continue this trend. A. Seven deadly trends sins in hospitality since 2020 I interviewed coworkers, mediators and ...

National Overview of Server Ages and Function

by Gray Robinson in Food & Beverage, Legal. Posted May 31, 2022

We all know that the legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one and over. But what about the legal serving age? In today’s environment where COVID and even post-COVID labor shortages are a problem, a factor on-premises retailers and their managers need to consider is the age and even the combination of ages ...

Website Litigation Under the ADA:
Protect Your Property from Lawsuits

by Conn Maciel Carey in Food & Beverage, Legal, Lodging, Risk Management, Technology. Posted May 26, 2022

Despite the pandemic, lawsuits filed across the country against hotels and resorts alleging their websites violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) have not slowed down. These lawsuits continue to allege two different types of ADA violations, each of which are addressed below: The first type of website accessibility case deals with whether a hotel ...

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