Northern California hospitality businesses are receiving pre-visit ADA accessibility inquiries from advocates like Jose Arocho, who requests detailed information about accessible features before ever visiting properties. These requests, which extend beyond traditional demand letters, create unique compliance challenges for hotels, wineries, and restaurants operating in complex environments with elevation changes and historic structures. Understanding how to respond appropriately can help businesses reduce l

On December 18, 2025, the Senate confirmed James Murphy and Scott Mayer to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Crystal Carey...

On June 12, 2023, the California Assembly's Judicial Committee re-drafted the content of an existing bill, AB1757, to pertain specifically to website accessibility...

President Donald J. Trump has issued an executive order rescinding requirements that federal contractors implement affirmative action programs, and targeting companies that have diversity...

In a recent decision from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the district court denied Abbott Laboratories' motion for summary judgment in a patent infringement case...

Based on these Agreements and the apportionment built into the royalties contained in those agreements, Mr. Meyer determined a per-unit royalty for the hypothetical license to Labcorp.

In a significant decision that resolves ongoing disputes among Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) panels, Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart has granted Director Review...

In October 2023, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines were updated to version 2.2. These updates introduced new requirements for improving web accessibility, such as focus visibility and alternative input methods.

In 2020, we saw an explosion of federal lawsuits against hotels alleging that they failed to comply with 28 C.F.R. 36.302(e) of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

The theme of the Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association's (BLLA) upcoming Boutique Lifestyle Digital Summit is "Dare to Adapt"...

In April, State Farm debuted a commercial that appeared to feature footage from 1998 of ESPN's Kenny Mayne making startlingly, even eerily, accurate predictions.

Mark S. Adams is an experienced trial lawyer, partner, and senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®. In his more than 14 years with the Firm...

Mark S. Adams is an experienced trial lawyer, partner, and senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®. In his more than 14 years with the Firm, Mark has created an international reputation...

JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® hosted the 30th edition of Meet the Money® national hotel conference on May 1-3, 2023. Alongside investment boot camps and insightful discussion panels...

As lawyers who specialize in representing hospitality owners, developers, independent operators, and investors, we have a critical message for restaurants...

Epic Games v. Apple and Google: Does success require an alleged monopolist to do business with a competitor that wants to sell mobile apps to IOS and Android users outside the iTunes ...

Over the past two years, privacy legislation and regulation has focused on a variety of issues. How companies can collect and use sensitive information (healthcare data, geolocation, financial data and the like)...

Plaintiffs have been sending demand letters and filing lawsuits alleging violations of California’s Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17600...

In this patent infringement action, AT&T filed a motion to compel certain litigation-funding discovery from the plaintiff, United Access Technologies, LLC ("UAT").

About five years ago, my partner David Sudeck, a senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®, spoke at a hotel industry conference about the attractive features of PACE...