As we begin the week of Thanksgiving, I want to share five reasons why, in my humble opinion, Thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year. 1. Thanksgiving is both a civic and a religious (inter-religious) holiday. The Pilgrim settlers who celebrated the earliest Thanksgivings were undoubtedly motivated to give thanks by the same SeparatistContinue Reading
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.
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. Continue Reading
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 ofContinue Reading
Bruce E. Parmley, Senior Counsel with Lannan Legal PLLC and the Principal of Parmley Legal PLLC, has been recognized by Chambers and Partners as a Senior Statesperson in its rankings of U.S.-based attorneys who support the Leisure & Hospitality Industry. Bruce is the only attorney in this segment to whom Chambers awarded this distinction. HereContinue Reading
Today I was privileged to present a webinar for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association on minimizing lost cash inflow during the COVID-19 crisis. This is the second of two webinars on reorganization strategies to improve cash flow. Here is a copy of the PowerPoint deck from today’s webinar. Bob Lannan
I was privileged to present a webinar for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) yesterday on contracting with government agencies for use of hotels during the COVID-19 crisis. Here is a copy of the PowerPoint deck I used. Bob Lannan
As hotels shut down across the United States and the nation continues to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, some hotel owners and operators are making otherwise empty hotels available to government agencies for use in the fight against the outbreak. The City of New York is reportedly “putting healthcare workers in hundreds of hotel roomsContinue Reading
This January, Lannan Legal PLLC was certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as a Veteran-Owned Small Business. Robert W. Lannan served on active duty in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1995 until 1999. He was a member of the Chief Counsel’s Military Honors Program at the Headquarters of the U.S.Continue Reading
Lannan Legal PLLC is proud to join ECPAT USA and over 20 travel-related companies in supporting the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Reauthorization Act. Here is our letter to Speaker Ryan in support of this bill.