Legionnaire’s Disease
Four people claim they got Legionnaire’s disease at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, in Fulton County Court.
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Italy Hit With $8.5M Fine, Growing Daily, for Ignoring Judgment
Just over 48 hours into a nationwide lockdown to contain a coronavirus spread, Italy was slapped with an $8.5 million fine Thursday over tourism-boosting grants that the EU’s top court ruled illegal.
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DC Circuit Sinks Suit by Wine Bar Competing With Trump
A wine bar that accused President Donald Trump of luring away its customers with his hotel just blocks from the White House failed Friday to breathe new life into its lawsuit.
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A federal class action claims that MGM Resorts International allowed hackers to breach its computers last summer, exposing the personal information of more than 10.6 million customers.
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Rap Impostors Accused of Scamming Luxury Hotels of Thousands
A crew of Rolls Royce-riding identity thieves who posed as rap industry figures scammed more than $100,000 from some of the South’s most exclusive hotels, prosecutors say.
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Japan Mother, Son Nabbed for 3,250 Hotel Cancellations: Media
Japanese police have arrested a mother-and-son duo for allegedly making more than 3,200 no-show hotel cancellations, costing the hotels $1 million while collecting reward points worth $22,000, reports said Wednesday.
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Woman Who Breached Mar-a-Lago Security Was Off Meds, Lawyer Says
The Connecticut woman who drove through security checkpoints outside President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club Friday, prompting Secret Service to open fire on her, has a history of mental illness and was off her medication at the time of the incident, her attorney claimed.
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High-Speed Chase Leads to Security Breach at Mar-a-Lago
After drawing law enforcement scrutiny for dancing on her vehicle at an upscale hotel Friday morning, a woman took police on a high-speed chase towards President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, driving through security barriers until officers opened fire.
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German Court Rules Against Berlin Hostel at NKorea Embassy
A German court on Tuesday dismissed a legal bid to prevent the closure of a hostel located on the grounds of the North Korean embassy in Berlin that was said to have been a significant source of foreign income for the East Asian country.
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DC Sues Over Trump Inaugural Committee Payment to Hotel
As President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial resumes Wednesday, the nation’s capital added to his legal concerns with a lawsuit claiming his company juiced the price it charged the presidential inaugural committee for event space at the hotel that bears his name.
Read moreSinger Meat Loaf Sues Hyatt Over Fall From Stage
Rock singer Meat Loaf sued hotel operator Hyatt in Texas state court Monday, claiming a fall from a stage at a horror convention resulted in a 42-day hospital stay and the inability to perform music anymore.
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Family of Dead Franco-Irish Teen Sue Malaysian Resort
The family of a Franco-Irish teenager whose body was found in the Malaysian jungle are suing the resort from where she disappeared for allegedly failing to provide adequate security.
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Latest Mar-a-Lago Intruder Appears at First Court Hearing
The latest Chinese intruder at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida appeared in court Thursday, with a judge appointing a public defender as her lawyer and ordering that she remain in custody.
Read moreMarriott Data Breach
A federal court in Maryland ruled that the City of Chicago has standing to pursue its claims against Marriott International relating to a data breach by hackers who made off with passport numbers, credit card information and other personal data. The city ordinance under which Chicago has filed suit is constitutional, the court ruled.
Read moreSecurities Fraud
The SEC claims in federal court that Suneet Singal, 41, of El Dorado Hills, Calif., and his companies First Capital Real Estate Trust Inc., (and two similarly named companies) lied about owning 12 hotels to raise $15 million from investors, of which he misappropriated more than $2 million.
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En Banc Fourth Circuit Split in Suit Over Trump Hotel
A divided full Fourth Circuit bench reheard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of unconstitutionally profiting from his presidency through his D.C. hotel.
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Full Fourth Circuit Set to Rehear Emoluments Fight
Two of four lawsuits claiming President Donald Trump has violated anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution return to the Fourth Circuit for a full en banc hearing Thursday.
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Democrats Ask Skeptical Panel to Allow Emoluments Challenge
With a seemingly impossible hurdle to jump, Democrats argued Monday morning before the D.C. Circuit that they can sue President Donald Trump for ignoring the Constitution as foreign governments poured money into his pockets.
Read moreChinese Woman Gets 8 Months for Mar-a-Lago Trespass
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Chinese businesswoman to eight months in prison for trespassing at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents.
Read moreRestaurant Competing With Trump Pushes to Revive Suit
The D.C. Circuit offered little hope Thursday to a Beltway wine bar fighting to revive its unfair-competition claims against the Trump International Hotel.
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