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Global Hospitality, Resort and Timeshare

Global Hospitality, Resort and Timeshare

Whether your operation is a small restaurant chain or a multinational hotel brand, a timeshare or tennis resort, a gaming property or golf destination, you need legal guidance from attorneys who understand the unique regulatory trends and market dynamics that comprise the rapidly-growing hospitality industry. Holland & Knight’s Global Hospitality Group brings to our clients’ legal matters more than 25 years of practical experience and industry savvy.

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Religious Institutions: Update - March 8, 2010

In addition to offering summaries of recent court decisions involving religious institutions that have to do with sovereign immunity and claims for damages under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, this alert reviews some of the key reasons for a faith-based organization to ask a church-state lawyer to review its employment and admissions policies every few years. Among these reasons are maximizing available legal defenses specific to religious institutions, such as the church-autonomy and ecclesiastical abstention doctrines – and religious institutions’ expectations of officers, employees and others that may differ from those of secular organizations.

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Indian Law: Alert - March 4, 2010

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) allows Indian tribal governments to issue Tribal Economic Development Bonds, Build America Bonds, and Qualified School Construction Bonds. It also raised the threshold on so-called "bank qualified debt." All four provisions present attractive project financing opportunities for Indian tribes – although some are only available this year. This alert offers an overview of these provisions, an update on the latest allocations, and a reminder about applicable deadlines.

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