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Note: If you are a consumer with a Junk Fee issue, please do NOT contact us! We do not represent consumers against hotels, restaurants, or other business owners. We are part of the fabric of the hospitality...

Mark S. Adams is an experienced trial lawyer, partner, and senior member of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®. In his more than 14 years with the Firm, Mark has created an international reputation as a Hotel Dispute Lawyer, handling litigation, arbitration, jury trials, and alternate dispute resolution in hundreds of matters affecting hotels, resorts, restaurants, and other hospitality properties. But not every matter should, or does, end up in litigation. Mark also provides pre-litigation str...

Article - Hotel Dispute Lawyer: What's Best for Hospitality Contract Dispute Clauses? Arbitration, Court Litigation, or Judicial Reference in Hotel Management and Franchise Agreements? - By Jim Butler - In many circles, the term litigation refers to the process that starts with the filing of a lawsuit in the traditional court system and includes all that follows until a final resolution. This more restrictive definition does not include arbitration or other alternative dispute mechanisms.

Mark S. Adams is an experienced trial lawyer, partner, and senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group®. In his more than 14 years with the Firm, Mark has created an international reputation...

Article - Hotel Dispute Lawyer: How Pennsylvania Resort Fees Settlements Could Play Out for US Hotel Industry - By Jim Butler - In Pennsylvania, the state’s attorney general reached settlement agreements with Omni Hotels & Resorts, Choice Hotels International and Marriott International over their fee disclosure practices. According to Mark S. Adams, the main objective in these cases was to ensure full transparency. If a hotel has a mandatory fee, they will have to let customers know upfront.

The recent legislation signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, along with similar bills pending in other jurisdictions, reflects an unavoidable...

The Global Hospitality Group® of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce publication of the 5th edition of The HMA & Franchise Agreement Handbook, a guide for hotel owners, developers, investors and operators considering a hotel management agreement (HMA) or franchise agreement, or dealing with the challenges of termination of one.

“Some of these rules are like – you cannot have a certain color curtain . . . you cannot have these many cars.”

The investigation presented to the board stemmed from a complaint filed in 2020 by an auditor-appraiser who previously worked under Steve Bestolarides.