Hospitality

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

  • September 25, 2026

    Colo. Benihana Operator Hit With Rest-Break Wage Suit

    A Benihana operator in Colorado denied workers required rest breaks and failed to pay them for time spent working through those breaks, according to a proposed class action filed in state court.

  • September 25, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, McDermott

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Royal Caribbean invests billions in a joint venture with Sandals, Telix Pharmaceuticals buys ITM Isotope Technologies Munich, and Priority Technology makes a go-private deal with an investor group helmed by the company's chair and CEO.

  • September 24, 2026

    Expedia Hit With Smoke Detector Suit Over Deadly VRBO Fire

    A Massachusetts family has accused Expedia of negligently listing VRBO vacation rental properties without smoke detectors after an apartment they booked in the Dominican Republic caught fire, leading to the deaths of four family members, according to a Washington state court lawsuit.

  • September 24, 2026

    Summer Camp Co. Says $19M Lien Targets Wrong Ch. 11 Case

    Summer camp company SIMAD Holdings asked a New Jersey bankruptcy judge Thursday to nix a roughly $18.7 million claim lodged by a New York-based credit union, saying the relevant lien has to do with property in a different bankruptcy.

  • September 24, 2026

    Hotel Operator Hit With $164M Verdict In Trafficking Suit

    A federal jury in Georgia said the operator of a Super 8 hotel should pay $164 million to a woman who claimed she was sexually trafficked there as a teenager, an amount her attorneys said is the largest sex trafficking verdict in U.S. history.

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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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  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
  • Executives and attorneys in the hospitality industry
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  • 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.
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