Hospitality
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Latest News in Hospitality
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December 14, 2018
TCPA Suit Over Hotel Booking Text Messages Tossed
A California federal court threw out a proposed class action accusing Singapore-based hotel booking firm Agoda Company Pte. of breaching the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending consumers spam messages, ruling Thursday that the room confirmation texts do not qualify as telemarketing.
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December 14, 2018
Mirage Must Arbitrate Food Workers' Unpaid Vacation Bid
A split Ninth Circuit panel wiped out an arbitration award blocking a Las Vegas culinary workers’ union from making the MGM Mirage arbitrate a dispute over unpaid vacation, saying it wasn’t up to the arbitrator to decide whether the case could be arbitrated.
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December 14, 2018
Aetna Beats Suit Seeking Coverage For 'Wilderness Therapy'
A Florida federal judge has tossed a lawsuit against Aetna Life Insurance Co. seeking to recover thousands of dollars that the families of troubled teenagers paid for wilderness therapy programs in Colorado and Utah, finding that the programs aren't "residential treatment facilities" covered by the policies.
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December 14, 2018
Airport Food, Retail Workers Win $2.2M In Class Action
A staffing company for food and retail service locations in airports has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle claims that it failed to pay workers for all of their performed work, give them proper breaks or provide accurate wage statements, according to filings in California federal court Friday.
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December 14, 2018
10th Circ. Rejects Comanche Bid To Block Chickasaw Casino
The Tenth Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court ruling rejecting the Comanche Nation's bid to stall the opening of a Chickasaw Nation casino, saying the Comanches are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their pending challenge to land acquisition for the project.
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
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