It is again my privilege to co-chair the Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit at Georgetown University Law Center, which will take place in Washington, D.C. September 25-27, 2024.  We are expecting about 275 attorneys and other professionals from throughout North America, who represent hotel and lodging companies worldwide.   Please visit the conference website for more
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  In this video, Bob Lannan provides an overview of the “web” of legal relationships in the hotel industry.  If you have worked in the industry, much, most or all of this will be familiar material.  If you are new the industry, the video should provide a good overview.  

It is a little mentioned fact in the hotel and lodging industry that hotels are permanent residences of some number of guests.  This has long been true across market segments.  New York’s iconic Waldorf Astoria Hotel was famously home to both General Douglas MacArthur and President Herbert Hoover in retirement.  In today’s market, residency in
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  The most rewarding project I worked on this year was representing a business owner in dispute resolution proceedings against its lender, followed by prolonged but successful negotiation of a restructuring of the loan.  My client owns a business property that it had planned to substantially renovate and begin operating under a new consumer brand. 
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This fall, the Georgetown University Law Center’s Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit hosted a webinar titled, “Confronting the New SEC Climate Disclosure Rule.”  The webinar explored issues related to the SEC’s proposed rule on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.”  It began with remarks by SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, and continued
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Please join us virtually on October 25, 2022 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET for “Confronting The New SEC Climate Disclosure Rule,” a Georgetown Law Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit Webinar.  SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda and a panel of the nation’s leading environmental, securities, and governance attorneys will address the SEC’s new rule on “The Enhancement and Standardization of
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