Chinese 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.
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Restaurant 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.
Read moreWelk Resorts
A class action against MasterCorp claims Lawrence Welk Resorts in Escondido, Calif., deducts 30 minutes from employees’ paychecks for a meal break it does not really give them, in superior court.
Read moreBooking.com Trademark Case Taken Up by High Court
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case that will decide whether companies with “.com” or other domains in their names can receive federal trademark protection, even if their names would otherwise be generic.
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O.J. Simpson claims The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas defamed him by telling TMZ that he was thrown out for being drunk and disruptive at a bar, in Clark County Court
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NY Civil Suit Claims Hotels’ Negligence Allowed for Sex Trafficking
Bringing the latest in a string of legal actions across the country that attempts to hold hotels accountable for sex trafficking, an anonymous plaintiff accused two hotel chains in a federal complaint Tuesday of looking the other way as a young girl was trafficked in their guest rooms.
Read moreConflicts Abound as Trumps Toy With Selling DC Hotel
The Trump International Hotel, located just blocks from the White House, might be going up for sale after years of controversy surrounding conflicts of interest.
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Petulant Kim Orders South’s Buildings Destroyed in the North
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the destruction of South Korean-made hotels and other tourist facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort, apparently because Seoul won’t defy international sanctions and resume South Korean tours at the site.
Read moreClamor for Trump Hotel Records Underway in DC Circuit
A Justice Department lawyer faced an uphill battle Tuesday in arguing that lawmakers lack standing to access financials on the president’s eponymous hotel, located just blocks from the White House.
Read moreTrump Scraps Plan to Host G-7 at His Doral Golf Resort
Responding to stinging criticism, President Donald Trump has abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next year’s Group of Seven world leaders’ meeting at his Doral golf resort in Florida.
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New Orleans Takes Extreme Measures as Storm Approaches
New Orleans is preparing to explode two giant, badly damaged construction cranes that tower over a partially collapsed hotel project at the edge of the French Quarter, bringing them down Friday before a tropical storm that could cause them to tumble out of control.
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Fourth Circuit Will Rehear Emoluments Suit
The Fourth Circuit Tuesday revived the District of Columbia and Maryland’s emoluments suit against President Donald Trump relating to accusations that the president illegally profited from visitors to his luxury hotel, located just a few blocks from White House.
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Hard Rock Hotel Collapses Under Construction in New Orleans
Rescue crews on Sunday searched for a worker missing in the partial collapse of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction, their work proceeding cautiously amid fears about the stability of the structure, authorities said.
Read moreNinth Circuit Upholds Santa Monica Ban on Airbnb-Type Rentals
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit claiming a beach city’s ordinance banning short-term rentals unlawfully disrupts the flow of interstate commerce.
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Trump Hotel’s Sushi Restaurant Wins Michelin Star
U.S. President Donald Trump is known to be a fan of fast food, but the fare at one of his hotels is more refined — the sushi restaurant at the Trump International Hotel in Washington has won a coveted Michelin star.
Read moreSecond Circuit Revives Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump
Putting teeth into anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution, the Second Circuit found on Friday morning that the judiciary has the power to reduce incentives for government officials “currying favor” with President Donald Trump by visiting his restaurants and hotels.
Read moreDemocrats to Probe Pence Stay at Trump Ireland Resort
Expanding their investigation into President Donald Trump’s business dealings and potential violations of anti-corruption rules, House Democrats have demanded travel expenditure records from Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Ireland this week that included a stay at a Trump resort.
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Congress Probes Trump’s Bid to Host G7 at His Resort
Democratic congressmen Wednesday announced an investigation into Donald Trump’s offer to host next year’s G7 summit at one of his golf courses, calling it the latest sign of presidential “corruption.”
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