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Summer is over and everyone is back at the office. If you've been enjoying some days off, you've probably missed what happened recently in the algorithmic-pricing space...

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law on March 11. It delivers direct relief to restaurants through a $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF).

On November 8, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reissued and adopted a nearly decade-old opinion letter to clarify how employers must pay tipped employees who perform dual jobs.

Seyfarth Synopsis: Philadelphia joins the ranks of other cities after passing its own predictable scheduling law.

Below are five legal topics that made headlines last year, and should provide valuable guidance for managing labor and employment law issues in 2014.

A restaurant patron, Sondra Hargro, sued a restaurant owner, Scott Ross, for injuries she received from a dog bite from another patron's dog inside Ross's restaurant.

As artificial intelligence continues to disrupt technologies in virtually every business and industry, regulators around the world are taking steps to police the anticompetitive...

On July 10, 2019, the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (the "Amending Regulations") were formally released

While some companies in some industries have a tendency to consolidate and eliminate brands, the hotel industry is different.

On April 24, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued a major decision in New England Country Foods, LLC v. VanLaw Food Products, Inc., clarifying that parties cannot use contract clauses...

Once viewed primarily as a funding mechanism for energy-efficiency upgrades, commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) financing has evolved in recent years into a mainstream financing tool utilized...

The hotel industry is undergoing a profound transformation as AI evolves from a novelty into a core operational necessity. Surveys of hoteliers reveal that most now anticipate that AI will soon significantly or fully...

Nonexempt employees are those who are not exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of federal and state wage and hour laws.

An armed gunman just entered the lobby of your hotel. He announces he is taking your front desk employees and nearby guests as hostages.

Seyfarth Synopsis: West Hollywood, California enacted a general, non-COVID paid time off mandate with a minimum wage component. Effective January 1, 2022 for "hotel employers"...

We all remember the shelter-in-place orders of 2020, and the resulting drop in customers for many businesses as the pandemic took its toll throughout the year.

On July 1, 2024, a number of local governments throughout California will raise their minimum wage. In the City of Los Angeles, the minimum wage will rise from $16.78/hour to $17.28/hour...