ArticleA Flight Of Financing OptionsFinding a funding source is often one of the primary challenges faced by new breweries and brewpubs. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawReinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren SC
ArticleA Bias Against Neutrality Agreements: NLRB Regional Director Issues Complaint Against Hotel For Supporting Organizing UnionOn November 30, 2020, the NLRB Regional Director issued a Complaint against the Yotel Boston hotel and Unite Here Local 26, alleging the Hotel unlawfully recognized and provided improper...United StatesEmployment and HRProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleDOL Issues Administrator's Interpretation Impacting Joint Employer Liability In The Franchise Restaurant IndustryUnder the Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has aggressively enforced and interpreted the federal wage and hour laws.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleFederal Appeals Court Refuses To Reinstate Tip-Pooling PoliciesRestaurants and other hospitality businesses in the Western U.S. received bad news late yesterday as a federal appeals court refused to strike down a controversial tip-pooling regulation.United StatesEmployment and HRFisher Phillips LLP
ArticleLocal Ordinances California Hospitality Employers Need To KnowThe hospitality industry is important to California's economy and provides significant employment across the state.United StatesEmployment and HRJackson Lewis P.C.
ArticleNew Jersey Enacts Last-Minute Bill Tying The Hands Of Successor HotelsOn January 18, 2022, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed NJ A6246 / S4295, which significantly restricts the business discretion of successor hotels.United StatesEmployment and HRLittler Mendelson
ArticleNew York City Employers, Beware: Worker Protection Bills On Tap For 2017While not in effect yet, we expect some form of these bills to pass and become effective in 2017, so New York City employers should prepare for the inevitable now.United StatesEmployment and HRFisher Phillips LLP
ArticleN.Y. Court Of Appeals Allows Hospitality Industry Employer Broad Discretion In Mandatory Tip PoolingIn decision that is helpful to hospitality industry employers, the New York State Court of Appeals has given restaurants and other food outlets considerable flexibility in establishing mandatory tip pooling for service staff. United StatesEmployment and HRHolland & Knight
ArticleServing Up Trouble: IRS Ruling On Automatic TipsRestaurants and other employers in the hospitality industry are reminded that, as of January 2014, the Internal Revenue Service will expect businesses to comply fully with its Revenue Ruling 2012-18. United StatesEmployment and HRBakerHostetler
ArticleWhat Should Hospitality Employers Know About Service Animal Requests?What legal considerations should hospitality businesses and employers consider when guests, customers, or employees request to bring service animals on site?United StatesEmployment and HRLittler Mendelson
ArticleWhy You Need To Know About California's New Hotel Housekeeping Injury RuleFor California hospitality businesses, this development could be a game-changer and require extensive modification to current practices. United StatesEmployment and HRFisher Phillips LLP
ArticleFDA Menu Labeling Rules To UnfreezeCertain restaurants, grocers, and other food establishments will soon be required to comply with the Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA") menu labeling rules. The FDA previously finalized menu labeling rules ...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleHospitality & Gaming Risk Management And Insurance Against Cyber RiskSecuring data against unauthorized and unintentional disclosure continues to be elusive.United StatesInsuranceAnderson Kill
ArticleBEFORE You Sign That (Nonbinding) Letter Of Intent, Think About This!One of the biggest mistakes owners and developers continue to make is negotiating a "nonbinding" term sheet on various hotel arrangements, such as hotel franchise and hotel management agreements.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP
ArticleByob Like A B-O-S-SDid you know you can bring your own booze to dinner or an event in Nashville? While it may sound as easy as packing a cooler for Live on the Green, bringing a bottle of wine to a restaurant...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDickinson Wright PLLC
ArticleCOVID-19 Pushes Hospitality Industry To The Edge: Key Considerations For StakeholdersAs reports of confirmed Coronavirus cases increase, travel bans and mass quarantines go into effect, and citizens across the globe avoid all nonessential travel, the hotel industry is being hard hit.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentPryor Cashman LLP
ArticleHotel Lawyer: Franchise & Management Disputes In A Covid CrucibleIf you are reading this, you are almost certainly in the hospitality industry, and you are most likely in a financial and emotional distress.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP
ArticleKeeping Our Tech Love AliveWe live in a world in which we are bombarded with information data from many sources, and so much around us on the tech landscape is transparent. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDuane Morris LLP
ArticleLA County Passes Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance For Unincorporated Areas Of The CountyThe Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed a new Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance for unincorporated areas of the county. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJackson Lewis P.C.
ArticleMeet The Money 2024 Special Presentations #2: LIIC Top Ten And Lodging Industry SWOT AnalysisDaniel H. Lesser, Co-Founder, President, & CEO of LW Hospitality Advisors, continued the first day of presentations by examining the strengths, weaknesses...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentJeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP