Corporate Counsel

GC Jumps Aboard Red Roof as It Upgrades Brand, Ramps Up Growth Ambitions

"We will elevate this brand, this company and our business. We will do that with a better and more consistent experience for our guests," Red Roof President Zack Gharib said.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The House Wins: Casinos Are Defeating Suits Over Algorithms and Room Rates

The judge noted that the plaintiffs do not allege that the casino defendants' proprietary data are pooled or otherwise comingled into a common dataset. Merely using the software in question does not count as a conspiracy, she said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Examining New York City's Controversial Hotel Licensing Bill

Authors Todd Soloway, Bryan Mohler and Itai Raz offer an overview of the draft "Safe Hotels Act," and consider potential legal challenges to the bill if it is passed into law.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Longtime Lawyer Lands Front Man Role in Hard Rock's Legal Dept.

Frank Chesky continued to climb the ladder after joining Hard Rock in 2017 to help open the company's Atlantic City casino.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Duane Morris Adds Whiteford Hospitality Chair to 'Litigation-Heavy' Pittsburgh Office

Bringing on Gosia Kosturek and her clients adds a transactional flavor to the office, with Kosturek handling both buyer and seller side transactions and management and franchise agreements, among other matters.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

BakerHostetler, Faegre Drinker, Sidley Austin All Get Recent Lifts From Florida's Sports Stadium Boom

The Tampa Bay Rays just closed a $1.3 billion deal to redevelop its stadium that included lawyers at BakerHostetler and Faegre Drinker. The deal is just the latest in a large lineup of stadium deals across the country that have been keeping lawyers busy.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

First-of-Its-Kind Civil Computer Fraud Act Case Lands in Favor of Ryanair

"I think Judge Bryson's decisions are going to be an important roadmap for how you can and can not use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act," said Ryanair's Chicago-based Holland & Knight attorney R. David Donoghue.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Battle PPP Loan-Forgiveness Woes for Hotel Clients

"We just want what everyone else has gotten," said co-counsel for the hotel groups in the multidistrict litigation.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Divided DC Circuit Panel Rejects Brooklyn Hotel Operator's 'Unfair Labor Practice'

The majority opinion for the D.C. Circuit upheld a National Labor Relations Board administrative order, but Judge Neomi Rao in a dissenting opinion described the administrative order as "arbitrary and capricious and unsupported by substantial evidence."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

A Rape, a Foreign Country and Maritime Law: Attorneys Brace for Challenging Litigation

"I do see an upward tick," said one attorney about sexual assault lawsuits involving tourists from around the nation.
6 minute read

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