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Jim Butler authored an article on March 5, 2007 titled, "Reggie Jackson Hotel, Conference Center and Baseball Hall of Fame?" on Hospitality Net.
Clothing manufacturers have long taken note of fashion trends, deciding what current and upcoming designer fashions they’ll recreate and sell to the public at a fraction of the designers’ price. In response, and at the behest of a handful of haute couture designers, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has mobilized and is […]
The California courts have recently held that a seller’s agreement not to solicit employees of the buyer is too broad under California Business and Professions Code Sec. 16601, and thus not enforceable. In Strategix, Ltd. v. Infocrossing, _ Cal. Rptr. 3d _ (4th Dist. 2006), the court said any such restrictions on employee solicitation must […]
Recent changes to Singapore patent law have created what some have called the “most complicated patent timelines of any country in the world.” However, in addition to the amended calendar, substantive requirements have also been introduced which put tremendous onus on the applicant to ensure that the patent is valid and all procedural requirements are […]
Michael Gold’s article "The Paradox of a New Litigation Rule" was published in the Cutter Consortium’s March 2007 Executive Update.
Anytime a hotel owner begins serious negotiations with a hotel manager, he or she is likely to be presented with the manager’s standard form of management agreement. The Manager’s Standard Form Not surprisingly, the standard agreement will be the best case scenario for the manager. It will provide the optimum term, best termination rights, and […]
This article first appeared in Hotel Business. Recent court decisions indicate that the tables may be turning against unions that practice abusive tactics against employers. In general, unions enjoy a wide range of protections under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when engaging in organizing activities, electioneering or campaigning to obtain employer or employee support. […]
Smoking has long presented a challenge to the hospitality industry. Perhaps unique among all industries, hotels, restaurants and bars are in the position of catering (or trying to cater) to two opposing groups simultaneously — smokers and non-smokers. The industry has worked to address the desires of these two groups for years, creating smoking and […]
Michael Gold’s article "What the Courts Want You to Do About Information Technology and What You Can Get Out of It" (co-authored by Nevin Sanli) appeared in the February 2007 edition of Sanli, Pastore & Hill’s Valorem Principia – The Principles of Value.
In a much-watched case, the Supreme Court in MedImmune Inc. v. Genentech Inc., 2007 DJDAR 348 (Jan. 9), recently reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and held that a federal district court had subject-matter jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgment Act to hear a suit brought by patent licensee MedImmune against Genentech […]
