https://www.law360.com/hospitality?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Hospitality Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 22:52:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2333273?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2333273 A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday permanently ended claims a real estate investor in a botched $2.6 billion Philippine casino deal brought against attorneys from Sadis & Goldberg LLP, finding that claims that they allowed a fraud to unfold and breached their fiduciary duties were too vague. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:51:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2333463?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2333463 A photo licensing company has settled its copyright lawsuit that alleged a Maryland golf and country club used a picture of a prime rib roast in its promotional materials without permission. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:37:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332413?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332413 Brewing economic uncertainty in the hospitality industry underscores the importance of subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreements, and hotel managers should tightly negotiate these agreements to ensure remedies will not disturb key rights, say attorneys at Sidley. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:27:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332914?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332914 The former executive sous chef at a resort restaurant in Flat Rock, North Carolina, claims in a lawsuit that he was terminated for having gender dysphoria and for requesting time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act to recover from gender reassignment surgery. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:54:07 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331652?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331652 A consumer is fighting a bid by the Cypriot operator of online "social gaming platform" Stake.us to force him to arbitrate his attempt to shut down the website for purportedly offering illegal gambling, telling a California federal judge that criminal conduct can't be arbitrated. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:30:05 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332699?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332699 The Third Circuit has declined to revive a man's consumer fraud suit accusing BetMGM and others of pushing him to continue gambling through more than 1,800 text messages, finding in a nonprecedential opinion that he failed to state a claim under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:52:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331189 Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:16:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332312?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332312 The Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo De Chão has been sued in Georgia federal court by a former employee who said she was fired after complaining about discrimination she and other Black workers experienced at the chain's Dunwoody, Georgia, location. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:36:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2320897?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2320897 The Sixth Circuit appeared inclined Wednesday to revive an age discrimination case by a former Chili's restaurant manager, indicating that the restaurant's definition of "culture" — the reason given for his firing — has been hard to pin down. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:48:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332516?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332516 Two insurers were correct to deny coverage for a former Pittsburgh-area McDonald's franchisee in a lawsuit accusing it of failing to stop a supervisor from sexually harassing and assaulting underage employees, since the litigation that sent it into bankruptcy fell under exceptions to the insurance policies, a Third Circuit panel ruled Wednesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:56:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332410 The estate of a woman killed in a drunk driving crash after an allegedly mandatory wine tasting event at the Connecticut restaurant where she worked can pursue claims against a server and his employer, who were originally brought into the case as apportionment defendants, a state court judge has ruled after rethinking a prior decision. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:15:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331734?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331734 A North Carolina federal judge let an IHOP franchisee escape the bulk of a fired waitress's suit claiming she was propositioned for sex by a male manager and fired for complaining about it, ruling she had failed to put forward any corroboration about the alleged harassment to keep her claims in court. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:21:57 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332313?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2332313 A Texas federal court ruled that it still had jurisdiction over a server's proposed collective action accusing a Houston-area restaurant of violating tip credit requirements, saying the worker has not accepted a $1,000 offer to end her case. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2329525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2329525 Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:24:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331820?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331820 Pork producers and Agri Stats Inc., which are defending themselves against a major price-fixing suit, are calling on the Minnesota federal judge overseeing the case to recuse himself and vacate his recent rulings, accusing one of his clerks of having inappropriate relationships with plaintiffs' attorneys in a new filing this week. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:05:09 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331699?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331699 The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria is fighting a bid by a fellow California tribe at the crux of a dispute over the Interior Department's decision to take 70 acres into trust for the construction of a proposed hotel and casino project, arguing it lacks any justification to do so. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:52:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331650?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331650 DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats have reached a settlement in a case accusing New York City officials of passing legislation that unconstitutionally capped fees the delivery apps could charge restaurants, prompting a federal judge to sign off on a joint stipulation and order Monday that stayed the matter pending final resolution. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:33:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331409?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331409 Chicken restaurant Sticky's won a Delaware bankruptcy judge's tentative permission Tuesday to sign a contract to sell its assets to an investment fund for $2 million after surging poultry prices and New York City's congestion pricing program imperiled the company's Chapter 11 turnaround plan. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:32:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331311?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/hospitality/articles/2331311 A former Walt Disney World employee was sentenced to three years behind bars after he pled guilty in Florida federal court to hacking into a program used to create menus for the theme park's restaurants, adding profanities, changing prices and altering allergen information that could have put patrons at risk.