“The sine qua non of a life in the law is a willingness to devote a great deal of thought to issues which seldom concern nonlawyers.”
INTRODUCTION
The concept of a hospitality entity, such as a “restaurant” or “hotel,” is something that ordinary people (non-lawyers) have little difficulty describing, but which has long created a legal quandary for attorneys, courts, and legislatures. The struggle to specifically discern the nature of certain hospitality entities is the bane of hospitality law, particularly inns, hotels, and motels from the lodging segment, and restaurants, nightclubs, bars, and cabarets from the food and beverage spectrum…
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