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New Jersey recently enacted legislation that requires hotels with at least 100 guest rooms to provide panic devices to certain employees. The purpose of the Panic Device Law is to protect hotel employees,

We first wrote about Philadelphia's Fair Workweek Employment Standards Ordinance shortly after it was signed into law on December 20, 2018.

As the restaurant industry works to comply with the law, the Food and Drug Administration remains at the drawing table trying to figure out how to draft the rules.

In the typical Texas slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall case occurring on a business owner's premises, the plaintiff is a business patron (invitee).

Trade dress, a subset of trademark law, plays a critical role in protecting the unique visual identity of businesses, including restaurants and hotels.

A recent decision of the federal appeals court in Chicago gave hotel operators some welcome protection against union-organized boycotts arising from a labor dispute.

In Restaurant Law Center, et al. v. United States Department of Labor, et al., No. 22-50145 (Apr. 28, 2023), a decision of significant importance to all employers...

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, tip pooling requirements have been a source of confusion and litigation, especially where employers do not take a tip credit.

Recent events have made clear that immigration compliance will be a main focus for the Trump administration.

Earlier this year, we wrote about some of the major cases and legal developments for employers to watch in 2023. With the start of the U.S. Supreme Court's new term last month...

It's a given that hotel owners and operators will have disputes. Some of those disputes, such as the annual budget, are easily susceptible to resolution, while others may result in the termination of the management agreement and one or both parties incurring millions of dollars in damages and legal costs.

Hotel Lawyer: Is the hotel industry on the verge of salvation, or precipice of despair?

("One of the US's largest hotel owners is charging guests $25 to use the swimming pool and $20 to check in early — but is cutting room prices in return," August 18, 2021 via Business Insider)...

Hotel liquor licenses provide a dizzying array of ways to serve alcohol.

Hiya people! Welcome back to another installment of the Texas Tax Roundup. Last month was pretty lowkey (aside from the Legislature's regular session wrapping up, about which more later). Let's see what happened!

Every company entrusted with any personal data at all must read the decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., No. 14-3514 (3rd Cir. Aug. 24, 2015).

The targeting of hotels by terrorist organizations is not a new phenomenon but certainly a growing one.

A recent $27 million jury verdict should put every employer, especially those in the hospitality, retail, and entertainment industries, on high alert...