Hospitality (Bar/Restaurant) Litigation

While rewarding, owning or operating a restaurant, nightclub, venue, hotel or the like is a huge investment and presents unique legal challenges. Our transactional and litigation attorneys offer a dynamic blend of knowledge and experiences that allow us to effectively represent clients on a variety of industry-related matters, like:

  • Management agreements for hotels, resorts, gaming, food, and beverage, golf and spa, mixed-use, service apartments, marinas, and ski resorts.  
  • Franchise agreements and disputes among franchisors/franchisees
  • In-state, national, and international acquisitions, sales or other expansion efforts
  • Development opportunities and related issues, including mixed use projects
  • Asset acquisitions or dispositions
  • Contract negotiations and disputes with suppliers and vendors, investors, or partners
  • Landlord/tenant disputes
  • Business structure and restructuring plans to protect assets
  • Debt or equity financing, including joint ventures, syndications, etc.
  • Personal injury claims arising out of customer incidents
  • Employment claims
  • Defamation claims related to false/misleading online reviews
  • Indemnification claims
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Zoning, rezoning, and special land use applications
  • Licensing and permitting issues such building, signs, restaurant, liquor licensing, outdoor seating sidewalk permits, special event permits, live music permits

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Pinal Partnership panel tackles affordable housing, with Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group, moderating the discussion

By Rofida Khairalla | Pinal Central QUEEN CREEK — Who are the people who need affordable housing? And how are developers hoping to help address a shortage facing thousands of Arizonans? Those were some of the questions that a panel of developers attempted to address at the monthly meeting of Pinal Partnership on Friday. The event was hosted at Schnepf

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Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group, comments on: Proposed Scottsdale law that allows for minimal new apartments

By J. Graber | Scottsdale Independent Scottsdale’s proposed new state-mandated ordinance designed to create more affordable housing in the city will only likely yield about 126 new apartments. After several public hearings on the matter, the city’s planning commission voted 6-1 during its Oct. 23 meeting to recommend the law to the city council for final approval sometime in November.

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Paul Coble, chair of Rose Law Group’s AI, intellectual property, and technology law department, comments on: Signs of perpetuating historic biases emerge as AI takes the helm of decision making

By Paige Gross | AZ Mirror In a recent study evaluating how chatbots make loan suggestions for mortgage applications, researchers at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh University found something stark: there was clear racial bias at play. With 6,000 sample loan applications based on data from the 2022 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the chatbots recommended denials for more Black applicants than identical white counterparts. They

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