Hospitality

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Latest News in Hospitality

  • October 21, 2026

    Italian Winery Asks Justices To Revive TM Victory

    An Italian winery has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a trademark infringement ruling it won in New York federal court that was later overturned by the Second Circuit, saying the circuit had misapplied the justices' guidance for finding trademark preclusion.

  • October 21, 2026

    Insurer Says Seattle Club Worker's Injury Suit Not Covered

    An insurer asked a Washington federal court to find it has no duty to defend or indemnify a downtown Seattle nightclub in a suit from a former manager who was shot while working a New Year's Eve event, arguing multiple policy exclusions for workplace injuries and intentional harm bar coverage.

  • October 20, 2026

    Marvin Gaye's Heirs Sue Mich. Hotel Over Music Copyrights

    The adult children of legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye and several music publishers have accused a suburban Detroit hotel and its owner of willfully violating copyright law by playing protected songs without permission despite years of warnings and repeated attempts to secure a licensing agreement.

  • October 19, 2026

    Olive Garden Workers Get Conditional Opt-In Nationwide Cert.

    Olive Garden cannot trim a collective action that accuses it of tipped wage violations and underpaying employees, a Massachusetts federal judge has ruled, while preliminarily approving an opt-in class of the pasta chain's servers and bartenders.

  • October 16, 2026

    5th Circ. Revives Snapper Switch Suit Against Upscale Resto

    The Fifth Circuit Friday revived a proposed class action that accused a historic fine-dining Mississippi restaurant of scheming to sell inexpensive foreign fish while pricing them as more expensive premium local fish, saying in a published opinion that a diner plausibly alleged the fish mislabeling was "widespread and routine."

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