Also See: |
How
to Buy a Hotel: Hotel Acquisition Checklist / Jim Butler / February
2013
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Finally!
Relief from Abusive ADA Litigation in California? Maybe not. . . /
Jim Butler / January 2013
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Hotel
Lawyers in Los Angeles at the ALIS Hotel Investment Conference with
Good News - A Lot of Good News / Jim Butler / January 2013
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Department
of Justice Sues Three of NYC's Top Zagat-Rated Restaurants for ADA
Violations / Jim Butler / January 2013
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EB-5
Financing and the SEC: How to avoid trouble! / Jim Butler / January
2013
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Security
Interest in Golf Course Revenues Cut Off by Bankruptcy / Jim Butler
/ January 2013
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ADA
Defense Lawyer: Pool lift deadline of January 31, 2013 looms, but may
be a diversion from enterprise-wide ADA compliance / Jim Butler /
January 2013
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Can
I Use the EB-5 Visa Program for Financing Hotel Acquisition and
Renovation? / Jim Butler / January 2013
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Due
Diligence Tips for Your Next Hotel Acquisition / Jim Butler /
January 2013
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Hotel
Lawyer Privacy Alert: Do your hotel mobile apps comply with new
interpretations of online privacy rules? / Jim Butler / January 2013
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Hotel-Retail
Mixed-Use: Hospitality Industry Trend for 2013 / Jim Butler /
December 2012
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Buying
a Hotel? Financing a Hotel? 10 Things Every Borrower Should Know. (Part
2) / Jim Butler / December 2012
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Buying
a Hotel? Financing a Hotel? 10 Things Every Borrower Should Know. (Part
1) / Jim Butler / December 2012
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Hotel
Lawyer with the New Guide for International Hotel Transactions -- Doing
Business Abroad or With Foreigners / Jim Butler and Bob Braun /
November 2012
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The
Hotel Purchase and Sale Agreement -- What is the Value of the Seller's
Representations and Warranties to a Hotel Buyer? / Jim Butler &
David Sudeck / November 2012
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Seller
Representations and Warranties in a Hotel Purchase Agreement -- What
are the big issues today? / Jim Butler & David Sudeck /
November 2012
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Hotel
Lawyer Alert: U.S. Hotel Owners could lose $2.1 billion in hotel value
with new Expedia program / Jim Butler / November 2012
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David
Loeb Shares the Robert W. Baird Industry Analysis on C-Corps and REIT's
/ Jim Butler / October 2012
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Hotel
Lawyer with PKF's 'U.S. Lodging Market Outlook' - What if we hit the
Fiscal Cliff? What if we postpone it? Recession in 2013? / Jim
Butler / October 2012
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How
to Buy a Hotel - What you don't know about undocumented workers could
really hurt you! / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik / October 2012
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3
Nuggets of Information from Vail Brown of STR on Hotel Industry
Prospects for 2013 and Beyond / Jim Butler / October 2012
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JMBM's
Hotel Lawyers Post 500th Blog; HotelLawyer.com and Hotel Law Blog are
resources for hotel owners and lenders / Jim Butler / October 2012
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Phoenix
Rising - Insights from the Phoenix Lodging Conference / Jim Butler
/ October 2012
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Hotel
Liability for Guest Information - What you need to know and how to
avoid liability. / Jim Butler & Robert Braun / October 2012
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JMBM's
Global Hospitality Group® releases 2nd Edition of The HMA Handbook,
Hotel Management Agreements for hotel owners, developers, investors and
lenders / Jim Butler / September 2012
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Finally,
Some GOOD NEWS from Washington, DC / Jim Butler, Catherine Holmes
and Victor T. Shum / September 2012
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EB-5
Financing for Hotels is Now Mainstream Institutional / Jim Butler /
September 2012
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JMBM's
Chinese Investment Group Happenings and Events / Jim Butler /
August 2012
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Dodd-Frank
Act Presents Hotels with Decisions on Credit and Debit Card Charges
/ Jim Butler & Robert Braun / August 2012
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Hotel
Restructuring, Workouts, Receiverships and Bankruptcy. The Art of Heavy
Lifting. / Jim Butler / August 2012
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How
to Buy a Hotel Handbook: Franchise issues in hotel purchase and sale
transactions / Jim Butler / August 2012
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Hotel
Lawyer: Experts Share Top 5 Tips on Picking the Right Hotel Operator
and Brand for Your Hotel / Jim Butler & Robert Braun / July 2012
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Losing
the Expectation of Privacy bit by bit, byte by byte / Jim Butler
and Mark Adams / July 2012
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How
to Buy a Hotel Handbook: Labor and Employment Tips; Buying a hotel -
the Hotel Purchase Agreement documentation and process / Jim
Butler, Catherine DeBono Holmes and Marta M. Fernandez / July 2012
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How
to Terminate a Hotel Management Agreement: A Tale of Two Hotels -
Marriott's Edition Waikiki and Fairmont's Turnberry Isle Resort; Two
owners terminate long-term hotel management agreements, seize control
of their hotels from branded operators, and then settle their litigation
/ July 2012
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EB-5
Lawyer Alert #3: Update on California TEA designation procedure. What's
the problem in California! / Jim Butler, Catherine DeBono Holmes
and Victor T. Shum / June 2012
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How
to Finance Hotel Development in 2012....Alternate financing for new
hotel construction in a brave new world / Jim Butler / June 2012
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'Cyber
Accessibility' is the New Frontier for ADA Lawsuits. Your Next DOJ
Investigation or ADA Class Action Could be Just a Mouse Click Away!
/ Jim Butler / June 2012
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ADA
Compliance and Defense Lawyer: ADA Experts Discuss Hottest Issues
Facing the Hotel Industry Today / Jim Butler / May 2012
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HotelLawyer.com
Launches; Portal to Knowledge for the Hospitality Industry; JMBM's
Global Hospitality Group® of Hotel Lawyers Provide Comprehensive
Hospitality Resource / May 2012
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Update
on California's EB-5 Policy Regarding Designation of Targeted
Employment Areas or TEAs / Jim Butler / May 2012
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Successful
Joint Ventures for Hotel Development, Acquisition and Financing /
Jim Butler / May 2012
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Hotel
Lawyer: Clarification on the DOJ's Amendment to the Pool Lift Extension
/ Jim Butler / May 2012
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Hotel
Lawyer from Meet the Money® - Lodging Industry Investment Council
(LIIC) Announces its Top 10 Challenges for Hotel Industry in 2012 /
Jim Butler / May 2012
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Meet
the Money® Conference Talks about Hotel Loans and Equity
Investment, Creating Value with Hotel Value-add and Repositioning,
Hotel Opportunistic Investment, Deal Making and Much More / Jim
Butler / May 2012
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ADA
Compliance and Defense Lawyer Alert: Charles Schwab settles claim over
website accessibility / Jim Butler / May 2012
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EB-5
ALERT: California's New TEA Approach will Discourage EB-5 Investment in
California / Jim Butler / May 2012
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JMBM
is One of 20 Hottest Law Firms in the U.S. Per the National Law
Journal's Latest List / April 2012
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Hotel
Labor Lawyer: California Supreme Court Finally Gives Employers Some
Good News in Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court / Jim
Butler & Travis Gemoets / April 2012
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How
to Negotiate a Hotel Management Agreement. 10 Tips for a Smoother
Process / Jim Butler / March 2012
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ADA
Defense Lawyer: What does the ADA pool lift compliance extension mean
to you? / Jim Butler / March 2012
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DOJ
Turnabout: Pool lift compliance deadline extended to May 15 / Jim
Butler / March 2012
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5
Things to Remember when Buying Hotel Notes / Jim Butler / March 2012
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ADA
Defense and Compliance Lawyer: More clarification or confusion on March
15 ADA standards? / Jim Butler / March 2012
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ADA
ALERT - A Call to Action Before the March 15, 2012 ADA Deadline /
Jim Butler / February 2012
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GlobeSt.com
Interviews JMBM's ADA Defense and Compliance Lawyers: Hotels Handle
Pool Lift Regulations / Jim Butler / February 2012
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FBI
Tips for Hotels; How to spot terrorists and what to do. / Jim
Butler / February 2012
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ADA
Defense and Compliance Lawyer Advisory: DOJ Clarifies March 15, 2012
Mandatory Pool Lift Requirement! (Uh-oh!) / Jim Butler & Martin
Orlick / February 2012
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Quick!
Can You Pass This 3-Question ADA Pop Quiz? / Jim Butler / January
2012
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Hotel
Lawyer in Los Angeles: ALIS - What's the commotion all about? Closing
the conference hotel to outsiders. / Jim Butler / January 2012
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Hotel
Management Contract Disputes: Importance of 'Fiduciary' Duties in
Owner-Operator Lawsuits / Jim Butler / January 2012
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Litigation
and Disputes Between Hotel Owners and Operators are on the Rise? Why?
/ Jim Butler / January 2012
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ADA
Defense Lawyer: New ADA Regulations Kick in Soon. Say goodbye to
'grandfathering' under the ADA / Jim Butler / November 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer in Washington D.C. - Why the Lodging Industry Will Continue to
Do Well Despite Bumpy Markets and More / Jim Butler / November 2011
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Chinese
Investment in U.S. Hotels: What the Real Estate Professionals Want to
Know / Jim Butler / October 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer in Dallas Listening to the Special Servicers / Jim Butler /
October 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer with Optimism for the Hotel Industry from the Dallas Lenders
Conference, Fishing for Solutions 2011 / Jim Butler / October 2011
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Updating
Service Animal Policies of Your Hotel or Other 'Place of Lodging' /
Jim Butler, Martin Orlick and David Sudeck / October 2011
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Hotel
Industry Alert: Some things to feel (very) good about! / Jim Butler
/ September 2011
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Hotel
Lawyers in Phoenix: It's not just me. The market has changed in just
the last 60 days! / Jim Butler / September 2011
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Hotel
Labor and Employment Lawyer Update: Controversial Union Rights Notice
Subject to Legal Challenge - Employers Should Not Rush To Post It /
Jim Butler & Scott Brink / September 2011
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Hotel
Franchise Lawyer: Hotel Franchise Agreements and the 5 Biggest Mistakes
a Hotel Owner Can Make / Jim Butler & Robert Braun / September
2011
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Hotel
Labor and Employment Lawyer Alert: The NLRB is making it harder to stay
union free / Jim Butler & Scott Brink / September 2011
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Tips
from Hotel Franchise and Management Lawyers: Beware the Trap of
Changing Brand Standards / Jim Butler & Robert Braun /
September 2011
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Labor
and Employment Alert: New Law Requires Employers to Post Employee
Rights Notice by November 14, 2011; NLRB Publishes Final Rule for
Notification of Employee Rights / Scott Brink , JMBM / September
2011
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Hotel
Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about hotel due
diligence / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik / September 2011
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Hotel
Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about Cash
Controls / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik / August 2011
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Hotel
Lawyers on Terminating Hotel Operators: M Edition Lawsuit Against
Marriott Has a New Twist Marriott is Replaced Overnight / Jim
Butler / August 2011
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Hotel
Lawyers on Terminating Hotel Operators: Turnberry Resort Drops Fairmont
Flag / Jim Butler / August 2011
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Hotel
Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about SNDA's
/ Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik / August 2011
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Hotel
Lending Lawyer: What every hotel lender needs to know about HMAs and
hotel franchise agreements / Jim Butler & Guy Maisnik / August
2011
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Hotel
Lawyer on the Importance of Brands - Intellectual Property Rights and
What They Mean: Family Suites Resorts v. Viacom International d/b/a MTV
Networks - a Suit Over Branding / Jim Butler / August 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer on the Fiduciary, Contractual and Agency Duties of Hotel Brokers
- Host Hotels & Resorts LP v. Molinaro Koger Litigation / Jim
Butler / August 2011
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M
Waikiki's Edition Lawsuit Against Marriott International and Ian
Schrager - an Owner's HMA Dispute with Marriott and What it All Means
/ Jim Butler / August 2011
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Hotel
Investment: Why Asian investors are targeting U.S. hotels for purchase
and investment, and what could it mean for you? / Jim Butler /
August 2011
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Hotel
Developers: Why a "regional center" may be the key to financing your
next hotel development or expansion. And what you need to know... /
Jim Butler / July 2011
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How
to use the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program for financing / Jim
Butler / July 2011
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JMBM
Announces Formation of the Chinese Investment Group™ - Hotels, Real
Estate, EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visas / July 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer: How do you know when you should set up a captive insurance
company for your hotel? Take our "litmus test". / Jim Butler &
Gordon Schaller / July 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer: What you need to know about the "ancillary benefits" of setting
up a captive insurance company / Jim Butler & Gordon Schaller /
June 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer: Are you thinking about setting up a captive insurance company?
Maybe you should be. . . / Jim Butler & Gordon Schaller / June
2011
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Hotel
Lawyer in New York with pre-NYU industry forecast: Sunny with
occasional clouds and NO storms on the horizon / Jim Butler / June
2011
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Hotel
Lawyer with the Executive Roundtable Results; Debt is returning, equity
is out looking, and we've passed the bottom of the trough. Why now is
the time to purchase a hotel. / Jim Butler / June 2011
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ADA
Defense Lawyer: How to Quickly Lose Business. (No ADA-Compliant
Reservation System) / Jim Butler & David Sudeck / May 2011
|
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Hotel
Lawyer with Fresh Perspectives on the Hotel Industry from Smith Travel
/ Jim Butler / May 2011
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Hospitality
Lawyers with PKF and Mark Woodworth's Lodging Overview / Jim Butler
/ May 2011
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Hotel
Lawyers' Updates on Capital and Debt Markets for Hotels, Transaction
Sales Data and Financings / Jim Butler / May 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer with Updates on Hotel Cap Rates, Values and Transactions /
Jim Butler / May 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer with nuggets from JMBM's Meet the Money® 2011 / Jim
Butler / May 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer: The hotel transaction market is heating up! / Jim Butler /
April 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer with good news! A new federal court decision upholds condo hotel
structure. No "securities" involved as structured. Disgruntled condo
hotel unit purchaser lawsuit dismissed. / Jim Butler / April 2011
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Meet
the Money®: Hotel Financing Renaissance is Underway! / Jim
Butler / April 2011
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JMBM’s
Global Hospitality Group® announces publication of The HMA
Handbook, a FREE practical guide for negotiating Hotel Management
Agreements for Hotel Owners, Developers, Investors and Lenders /
March 2011
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Buying
a Hotel? Don't Buy an ADA Lawsuit or DOJ Investigation / Jim Butler
/ March 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer on Hotel Management Agreements: Exculpation Clauses for
Protecting the Owner's Assets / Jim Butler / February 2011
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ADA
Defense Lawyer: How to handle an ADA lawsuit....and How not to do it
/ Jim Butler / February 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer: 5 Key Elements for Good Hotel Management Agreement Budget
Provisions / Jim Butler / February 2011
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How
improving fundamentals make 2011 the year of "Great Expectations" for
the Hotel Industry / Jim Butler / February 2011
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Ask
the Hotel Lawyer: 2011 is starting as the year of "Great Expectations"
for the hotel industry! / Jim Butler / January 2011
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Hotel
ADA Defense Lawyer: How a recent ADA case affects all hotels but
particularly conference centers and meeting hotels / Jim Butler /
January 2011
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Hotel
Lawyer: So, You Think You Want to Buy a Hotel? For savvy investors, the
time could be right / Jim Butler / January 2011
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Sheraton
Universal Hotel Sale Facilitated by JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®
/ Jim Butler / January 2011
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