A Dog Walks Into a Bar with its Owner: Service Animals Welcome Accessories Please Leave at the Door
10/9/19
By: David Molinari The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides people with disabilities equal access to employment, state and local government programs and goods and services. Businesses open to the public including hospitality venues must comply with the ADA and are prohibited from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. The ADA requires businesses (hospitality establishments) open…
Puff, Puff, Veto!
1/10/18
By: Jason C. Dineros This past Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Obama-era’s relaxations for federal prosecutors of marijuana enforcement. This comes only four days into California’s open recreational use market, and potentially halts what has grown into a niche legal practice as well as a concerted training effort among hospitality operators over the…
Another Super Bowl in New Jersey? Unlikely!
12/19/17
By: Joshua G. Ferguson A Third Circuit panel issued an opinion last week in an NFL fan’s class action alleging the National Football League violated New Jersey’s consumer fraud law by failing to make enough 2014 Super Bowl tickets available for sale, finding that the economic factors presented created a plausible theory that the league’s conduct…
Will the Las Vegas Tragedy Change the Hospitality Industry?
12/8/17
By: America Vidana Hundreds of victims of the October 1, 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas have filed several suits in both California and Nevada courts against Mandalay Bay, MGM Resorts and LiveNation. The victims accused the hotel operator, MGM Resorts International, and its subsidiary, Mandalay Corp, which owns the hotel, of failing to properly…