Hospitality Experience
- Advice concerning FICA tax on tips to industry members and associations; lobbying assistance on such issues and litigation concerning such issues.
- Advice to industry members on:
-Chargebacks
-Smoking regulation
-Overbooking concerns
-Overstay concerns
-Guest security issues
- Advice to industry members regarding response to governmental information gathering after 9/11
- Advice to industry members concerning EEU privacy laws
- Representation of industry members in criminal investigations and grand jury proceedings arising out of 9/11
- Representation of industry members in insurance claims arising out of 9/ll
- Advice to industry task forces on
- redit card procedures
-FICA tax on tips
-Music licensing (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC)
- State and local tax advice to:
-Major credit card companies
-Major restaurant chain
-Major hotel chains
-Major theme park companies
- Intellectual property advice to:
-Major cruise lines
-Major hotel companies
-Major label alcohol suppliers
- Employee benefit advice to:
-Major cruise lines
-A major restaurant chain
Corporate advice, including acquisitions and restructurings, for:
-Major hotel chains
-Major developers
- Food service and alcohol advice to several major industry companies
- Tax litigation on behalf of a major international airline
- Hotel management company/hotel litigation on behalf of hotel
- Labor advice and litigation for major hotel company
- Antitrust advice and litigation for two major travel agents
- Software consulting advice for a major hotel chain
Hospitality Client Services
