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...

Most of the receiverships in the United States are state court receiverships. But lenders seeking the relief and protection of receiverships are giving new consideration to filing in federal court.

In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the Court granted motions to dismiss and for judgment on the pleadings...

In a significant development for declaratory judgment actions involving jurisdictional challenges, a Northern District of California Magistrate Judge has ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics in its ongoing dispute with CM HK Ltd.

Online privacy policies are ubiquitous. Sometimes they are mandated by law – that's been the case in California for years – and a variety of other states and federal agencies...

In this patent infringement action, Plaintiff intended to use a damage expert to support a "lost profits" measure of damages and/or a "reasonable royalty" measure of damages.

In this patent infringement action, Plaintiff Personalized Media Communications, LLC ("PMC") filed a motion seeking (1) a court order compelling Defendant Netflix Inc. ("Netflix") ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied institution of Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings against two Applied Optoelectronics patents in a discretionary decision...

The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) is driving a wave of litigation that could significantly impact businesses with consumer-facing websites. Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed recently alleging...

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.

Daniel H. Lesser, Co-Founder, President, & CEO of LW Hospitality Advisors, continued the first day of presentations by examining the strengths, weaknesses...

Website analytics are a key part of understanding whether a website "works," and how to improve it; they arose almost at the same time that companies began using websites to transact business.

As a privacy and cybersecurity lawyer, I'm often asked by clients and potential clients about preparing a privacy policy – whether they need one, and how much it costs.

California voters may soon be asked to decide on The Billionaire Tax Act, commonly referred to as the “Billionaire Tax.” Now that the measure achieved...

In prior articles, we have looked at the options available to parties in resolving hotel industry disputes. See, Critical considerations for hospitality litigation, arbitration & alternate...

For more than 20 years consumers have complained about hidden mandatory fees, junk fees, resort fees, destination fees, service fees, administration fees, health fees, surcharges, connection fees, and similar charges, whatever they are called.

In this patent infringement action, the defendant moved to compel the production of settlement license agreements as part of its reasonable royalty analysis.

JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® is excited to announce that next up in our Meet the Money® Online series is a virtual roundtable discussion among some of the top experts in the complex world of CMBS.

California's AB 288 creates a major potential shift in labor-relations enforcement. For the first time, the state's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)...

Individually, these claims are not new. What is new—and concerning—is how aggressively they are now being bundled together by a small group of repeat plaintiffs and their attorneys.