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As we noted in my Hotel Law Blog interview of January 6, 2009—ADA Sweeps by U.S. Department of Justice – Coming to a theater district or hotel near you soon?—the Department of Justice initiated the Times Square/Theater District ADA Compliance Sweep involving nearly 50 popular tourist hotels. For various reasons, some of these hotels’ owners […]
Target Corporation was sued under the ADA for inaccessibility of its website We gave you an early heads up about how lawsuits brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can target your website or online reservation system . . . and what you should do about it now. Now there is much more. For […]
An important ADA sweep has been launched — a development involving the Americans with Disabilities Act — and there are important, cost-effective steps a prudent owner or operator can take now to solve unnecessary problems. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound a cure. ADA defense champ — 300 cases I recently caught up […]
A version of Marta Fernandez’s article titled, "New Era (of Unionization)," was published in the December 2008 issue of Lodging Law by the American Hotel and Motel Association (AH&LA). To read the article, click on the File above titled "The EFCA: New Era of Unionization."
On November 17, 2008, the United States Supreme Court let stand a key Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that a “serial plaintiff” and his attorney, who had filed more than 400 lawsuits against California businesses, could not file repeated Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) lawsuits against business owners without first obtaining court […]
Jim Butler’s article "The Compelling ‘Hard Case’ for ‘Green’ Hotel Development," was published in Cornell Hospitality Quarterly August 2008.
In the course of handling more than $50 billion of hotel transactions, JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® has developed and refined an approach for hotel owners to attract the hotel operator that is right for their project, and to negotiate management agreements that are fair and reasonable. This is critical, as the terms of your hotel […]
Introduction Industry Fundamentals—Where have we been? Where are we going? Jim Butler is an internationally acclaimed hotel lawyer, author of the industry-leading www.HotelLawBlog.com and Chairman of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®. He recently chaired JMBM’s annual Hospitality Roundtable for 2008 with some of the industry’s leading experts. Here’s what they had to say about where the […]
A revolution is under way! Soon we will all be thinking “GREEN” in nearly every material decision we make, hotel development included. If you don’t think your hotel guests are starting to evaluate your “shade of green” in making hotel selections, think again. The number of hospitality projects we are asked to review with an […]
Jim Butler and Guy Maisnik authored the article, “Condo Hotel Workouts and Turnarounds: Opportunity for the Well-Informed,” which appears in the June 2007 issue of Commercial Mortgage Insight.
