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Deadline Approaching: California Employers Must Implement Emergency Contact Notification Policy by March 30, 2026
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Labor and Employment Roundup: What to Expect in 2026
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JMBM Guides Largest Hotel Sale in California in 2025
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JMBM Represents Peachtree Group in Origination of $55M Bridge Loan for Recapitalization of Hotel Amarano Burbank-Hollywood
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Hotel Lawyer: hotel industry update and strategy session features CoStar
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Meet the Money®: The Next Chapter
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Join JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® at the 2025 Lodging Conference in Phoenix
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JMBM’s Hotel Law Blog Named to FeedSpot’s Top Ten Hotel Law Blogs for 2025
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JMBM Represents Richard J. Riordan Estate in Sale of Original Pantry Café in Los Angeles
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Unlocking Value in Hospitality: The New Era of Hotel Mixed-Use Development in Qualified Opportunity Zones
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Summertime Blues: Corporate Finance Faces a Financial Reporting Reckoning
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Estate Planning for 2025: New Applicable Exclusion Amount
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One Big Beautiful Bill Act – Key Tax Provisions
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ADA Defense Lawyer: A big win against abusive ADA lawsuits. Recovering Attorney’s Fees in ADA and Unruh Act Cases.
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2025 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference
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FTC Junk Fee Rule is effective May 12, 2025
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Meet the Money® 2025 – Latest Presentations Now Available
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Meet the Money® Unveils “The LIIC Top 10” for 2025
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Hotel Equities and Springboard Hospitality Merge
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David Sudeck Named Co-Chair of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group
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California Supreme Court nixes certain contractual limitation on damages
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Jim Butler’s [CLIC] Live Interview: Why you don’t want to miss Meet the Money®
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Hotel Data Privacy Alert: Fairmont has a New (Website) Visitor – A CIPA Class Action
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President Trump’s $5 million Gold Visa for foreign investors. An end to EB-5 or simply an additional avenue for wealthy foreign investors?
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Why the Asset-Light Model Works—Jim Butler Featured in Hospitality Investor
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JMBM partner Travis Gemoets featured in Hotel Dive interview on NLRB’s uncertain future
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Important Insurance Guidance for Those Affected by the Recent Southern California Wildfires
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Connect with JMBM Partners at the 2025 EB-5 & Global Immigration Expo
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Junk Fees: FTC finally adopts the Final Junk Fees Rule but with focus on Hotels, Short-Term Lodging & Live Event Ticket Sales
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Corporate Transparency Act Update: Filing Deadlines on Hold Following Federal Injunction
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JMBM’s Real Estate Practice Receives National Tier 1 Ranking in 2025 Edition of “Best Law Firms”
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Corporate Transparency Act: January 1, 2025 Filing Deadline coming soon!
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Insights from the 2024 Lodging Conference
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Estate Planning for 2024: New Applicable Exclusion Amount
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Artificial Intelligence is Checking into your Hotel – Are You Ready?
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ADA Defense Lawyer: How to Respond to a Lawsuit filed by The Reddy Law Firm for Violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Disabled Persons Act, or ADA
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Restaurants, Listen Up: Rethink How You Disclose Your Fees
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Senate action could mean national ban on drip pricing for hotels and short-term lodging
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Hotel News Now Podcast: California ‘Junk Fees’ Laws Another Step in Hotels’ Pricing Transparency Journey
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ADA Defense Lawyer: JMBM Partner Martin H. Orlick Interviewed by ABC7
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ADA Defense Lawyer: WCAG 2.2: Website Accessibility Standards Get an Update – What Businesses Should Know
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California Junk Fee Law Compliance & Defense – What You Need To Know To Avoid Costly Litigation
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Good morning, America! It is July 1, 2024, and California’s new Junk Fee Law now has world-wide effect. Here’s what you need to know to avoid costly litigation.
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A Guide to California’s new Junk Fee Law with “Restaurant Exemption.” Unfair business practices are redefined in CC 1770. SB 478, SB 1524, and AB 537 are all effective July 1, 2024.
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Junk Fees: California Senate unanimously passes SB 1524. Restaurant exception to SB 478’s Honest Pricing Law goes to Governor.
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Junk Fee Law: SB 1524 Exception for California restaurants moves forward
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Hotel Lawyer: California’s AB 537 mandates transparent pricing for all short-term lodging as of July 1, 2024 — $10,000 penalty for violation
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Hotel Lawyer: New Federal Junk Fee Law – The No Hidden FEES Act of 2023 (HR 6543)
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Jim Butler asks Mark S. Adams for update on California Junk Fee law: Would SB 1524 gut SB 478’s honest pricing for all?
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Pricing transparency without hidden mandatory junk fees. Does this apply to restaurants too? New California proposed law (SB 1524 ) says “No!” Can this be right?
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Meet the Money 2024 Special Presentations #3: State of the Industry and Boutique Transaction Patterns
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Meet the Money 2024 Special Presentations #2: LIIC Top Ten and Lodging Industry SWOT Analysis
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Meet the Money 2024 Special Presentations #1: Investment Bootcamp, Performance Outlook, and Introduction to ISHC
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FTC’s proposed rule will end drip pricing and junk fees for hotels, restaurants, and many other businesses. Goodbye to resort fees, destination fees, service charges and other miscellaneous fees?
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Navigating Non-Competes
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California bans Junk Fees as of July 1, 2024. Good bye to junk fees, resort fees, mandatory service charges, and drip pricing. Hello to – the fruits of SB 478.
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Meet the Money® 2024 – latest presentations now available
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Meet the Money unveils “The LIIC Top 10” for 2024
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Data Privacy Lawyer Alert: The American Privacy Rights Act – What Does it Mean for Hotel Companies?
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Only 2 Days Left to Register – Don’t Miss Meet the Money 2024!
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FTC Announces Rule Banning Non-Competes
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Meet the Money 2024 Program Launched!
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Hotel Dispute Lawyer: Why Judicial Reference is better than Arbitration for resolving Hotel Management Agreements & Hotel Franchise Agreements. Advanced Analysis of Judicial Reference features.
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Hotel Dispute Lawyer: Is Judicial Reference better than Arbitration to resolve hotel contract disputes? The basics of Judicial Reference.
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ADA Defense Lawyer: JMBM wins second ADA lawsuit for Zarco Hotels, bringing total defense awards to $113K
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Hospitality Lawyer: To Brand or Not to Brand
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ADA Defense Lawyer: Has Your Business Been Sued by Pacific Trial Attorneys or These Plaintiffs? How to Defend These Unruh Civil Rights Act Lawsuits
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Global Hospitality Group® Chairman Jim Butler to receive [CLIC] Lifetime Achievement Award
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Hotel Dispute Lawyer: What’s best for hospitality contract dispute clauses? Arbitration, court litigation, or judicial reference in hotel management and franchise agreements?
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Hotel Finance: Sign up today for Meet the Money 2024!
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Hotel Dispute Lawyer – Should New York law govern your hospitality contract? How about Texas, California or Florida law?
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Meet Mark S. Adams, Hotel Dispute Lawyer – Hospitality Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
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Hotel Dispute Lawyer: How Pennsylvania Resort Fees Settlements Could Play Out for US Hotel Industry
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Hotel Dispute Lawyer: Disclosing Mandatory Resort Fees – What Hoteliers Need to Know
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Meet JMBM Partners at EB-5 & Global Immigration Expo
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Hotel Lawyer: Los Angeles City Council Withdraws Controversial Ballot Initiative
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Hotel Lawyer: Preparing for the Corporate Transparency Act
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ADA Update: New Website Accessibility Law Impacting Most Businesses
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Three JMBM Partners Recognized by EB5 Investors Magazine
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Hotel Data Security Update: Time is Short – Reporting your Data Breach
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Hospitality Finance Breakfast Briefing: Bringing down the cost of capital and filling your capital stack
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Meet the Money 2023: General Sessions and Breakouts
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ADA Update: Accessibility Legislation and the Importance of Website Compliance
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Meet the Money 2023 Special Presentation #4: LIIC Top Ten and CNR’s Economic Outlook
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Meet the Money 2023 Special Presentation #3: ISHC’s CapEx Report and the California Hotel Market
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Meet the Money 2023 Special Presentation #2: Lodging Industry Trends and Economic Forecasts
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Meet the Money 2023 Special Presentation #1: Lodging Industry SWOT Analysis and Performance Outlook
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Hotel Industry Update – latest presentations now available
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Meet the Money Returns on May 1-3, 2023 in Los Angeles: Program Highlights and Registration Details
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What opportunities will you find at Meet the Money?
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Meet the Money 2023 Program Now Available!
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Data Privacy Alert: Who’s Responsible for Personal Data at a Hotel?
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C-PACE Update: Global Hospitality Group® Completes $172 million in C-PACE Transactions for Hotel and other Real Estate Projects in 2022
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Hotel Lawyer: Court nixes California ban on mandatory employment arbitration
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Meet the Money is back in 2023! Join us May 1-3 in Los Angeles
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JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® announces 5th edition of The HMA & Franchise Agreement Handbook
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Measure ULA Approved: New Transfer Tax on All Real Property Sales Over $5 Million in the City of Los Angeles
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Hotel Lawyer: FinCEN Issues Final Rule for CTA’s Beneficial Owners Reporting Requirements
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Hotel Data Security Update: Hotels, Hotel Owners and Employee Personal Information
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GHG Partner David Sudeck Recognized as a Real Estate/Construction Law Trailblazer
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Is your California alcoholic beverage outlet ready for new August 1, 2022 ABC certification of all alcoholic beverage servers and managers?
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GHG Partners Guy Maisnik and David Sudeck Recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal and the Los Angeles Times
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ADA Defense Lawyer: DOJ Issues Guidance On Website Accessibility
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Developer’s EB-5 Handbook for Construction Financing — New 3rd edition
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What the 2022 Revitalization of EB-5 Financing Means Today: Part 2
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What the 2022 Revitalization of EB-5 Financing Means Today: Part 1
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2022 Update: EB-5 is back! What every real estate and hotel developer needs to know about the program’s renewal
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ADA Defense Lawyer: Does Your Hotel Have an Electric Vehicle Charging Station?
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Why hotels need “visibility” to avoid data privacy liability
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The Cost of Waiting to Make a Large Gift: Compounding Your Tax Savings
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Commercial PACE Financing on a Roll: $103 million C-PACE loan for Chinese Hospital in San Francisco
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ADA Defense Lawyer: A victory against serial plaintiff: The “Reservation Rule” Lawsuit Against California Hotel Dismissed
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GHG Selected for Law360 Award in Hospitality
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Hotel Data Security: Challenges to Address in 2022
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Hotel Lawyer Labor & Employment New Year Round-Up: What to Expect in 2022
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JMBM Represents Prism Hotels & Resorts in Sale to Aimbridge Hospitality
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JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® releases updated hotel Credentials with 2021 Transactions
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Spotlight on special servicing for distressed hotel loans: Bankruptcies, receiverships & workouts — Fishing for Solutions 2021
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JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® Announces $210 million in Completed C-PACE Transactions for Clients
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JMBM Is Hotel Counsel for Condor Hospitality in $305 Million Hotel Portfolio Sale
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Is C-PACE the “new EB-5″ financing? Does the latest court decision (Behring v. Wolf) revitalize EB-5?
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Hotel Lawyer: Commercial PACE (C-PACE) and Retroactive C-PACE free hotel investment capital
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Hotel Lawyer: 5 Tips for your next Hotel Management Agreement (HMA)
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Hotel Lawyer: Independent Boutique Hotels at BLLA Conference
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Commercial PACE Financing on a Roll: $10+ million C-PACE loan for TETRA Hotel and AC Hotel Sunnyvale
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Commercial PACE Financing on a Roll: $2.3 million PACE loan for the Tapestry Suncoast Hotel in Anaheim, CA
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Commercial PACE Financing on a Roll: $23.8 million PACE loan for the Vista Collina Resort Napa
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Commercial PACE Financing on a Roll: $5.8 million C-PACE loan for Fairfield Suites
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Should you be looking at Commercial PACE (C-PACE) financing now? (webinar)
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Commercial PACE Financing on a Roll: $42 million C-PACE loan for citizenM Los Angeles
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C-PACE Financing Lawyer: New York opening Commercial PACE – a big opportunity!
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Hotel Franchise Lawyer: 5 Things to negotiate in your next Franchise Agreement
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California hotel workers laid off due to COVID-19 get rehire rights
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Commercial PACE Financing on a Roll: $6 million loan for Kimpton La Peer Hotel in West Hollywood
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Hotel Lawyer: JMBM closes another M&A deal
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Hotel Lawyer: How does the Supreme Court’s Google v. Oracle case impact the hotel industry?
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Hotel Lawyer: New rules for anti-money laundering compliance? FinCEN seeks comments on new Federal Anti-Money Laundering Law.
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Today’s Hotelier: Transfers of franchise agreements
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ADA Defense Lawyer: California’s Central District tries to curb ADA lawsuits
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New ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards for 2021
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Hotel Lawyer: C-PACE Financing – Now an accepted tool for hotel lenders and borrowers
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Update on Hotels in CMBS Special Servicing: What’s Next in Round Two
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ADA Defense Lawyer: Whitaker v. Tesla Motors – the end of cookie-cutter ADA complaints?
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ADA Defense Lawyer: Hotels must list accessible features on the web or risk lawsuits
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Hotel Lawyer on PPP2 and the COVID Relief Bill’s changes to Paycheck Protection Program