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Hospitality Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the hospitality industry. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and corporate deals involving hotels, casinos, cruise lines, restaurants, amusement parks, entertainment venues, travel services providers, and other hospitality companies.
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Latest News in Hospitality
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March 20, 2026
Bed Skirt Biz Partner Owes $608K For Sabotage, Defamation
A minority owner of a commercial bed skirt company must pay over $608,000 for trying to sabotage the business and defaming the CEO, a North Carolina Business Court judge ruled following a bench trial, saying he must also fork over his interest in the company.
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March 20, 2026
Liberty Mutual Unit Must Defend Hotel Co. In Trafficking Suits
A Liberty Mutual unit must defend Red Roof Inn in 11 suits claiming that the hotel chain financially benefited from human trafficking, an Ohio federal court ruled, saying the claims constitute an occurrence for the purposes of bodily injury and property damage liability coverage.
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March 19, 2026
Fat Brands' CEO To Take Leave Under Ch. 11 Financing Deal
A Texas bankruptcy judge agreed Thursday to give interim approval to a $184 million debtor-in-possession loan in Fat Brands' Chapter 11 case, and also approved a connected stipulation that temporarily removes the restaurant group's CEO.
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March 19, 2026
Brewery Founder Can't Knock Out $31M Logo Battle
A Georgia federal judge sent to trial a long-running dispute over the ownership of Atlanta-based Sweetwater Brewing's leaping trout logo after ruling Thursday that she couldn't yet sort out "a case so centrally rooted in the conflicting testimony" of the designer and the brewery's former owner.
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March 19, 2026
Restaurateurs Say Partner's Past Imperils Liquor License
The founders of a Pittsburgh restaurant say a third part-owner has jeopardized their business' liquor license by not telling them about his criminal convictions from more than a decade ago and his recent DUI arrests, and they asked a Pennsylvania state court to let them buy him out for a fraction of his original investment.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Internal Revenue Service
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Labor
- National Labor Relations Board
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- International hospitality regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Legislation and regulation affecting gaming and gambling companies
- Developments at state gaming commissions
- ENFORCEMENT
- Food and beverage recalls
- Gaming enforcement actions
- Immigration actions
- Public health and safety enforcement
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Breach of contract suits
- Data breach actions
- Labor and employment disputes
- Mass torts
- Product liability and personal injury suits
- Shareholder disputes
- Trademark suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Franchise and management agreements
- Hospitality project finance and real estate deals
- Brand conversions for luxury properties
- Securities sales backed by hotel mortgages
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of hospitality practices
Readership
- Hospitality lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the hospitality industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals