Overview
Companies, enterprises, and owners in the hospitality and retail industries require legal counsel that not only understands their legal challenges but the overall business challenges unique to their industries. From advising clients on business transactions, construction contracts, and compliance with local, state, and federal laws and statutes, to defending them in employment, general liability, and data breach-related litigation, the attorneys in our multidisciplinary Hospitality & Retail Practice Group collaborate closely with clients in both industries, providing counsel related to their unique legal needs.
Our hospitality industry clients include:
- National and local owners/operators, management groups, and developers of hotels, motels, casinos, resorts, sports and entertainment venues, and amusement parks.
- National chains and individual owners of bars and restaurants, management groups, and franchisees
- National, regional and local providers of food services and facilities management
Our retail industry clients include national and local owners/operators of:
- Big box retailers
- Convenience retailers
- Department stores
- Discount retailers
- Grocery stores and supermarkets
- Pharmacies
- Specialty retailers
- Warehouse retailers
Corporate and Transactional Services
- Acquisitions and sales and divestitures of businesses or portions of businesses
- Contract and lease review
- Commercial financing and leasing transactions
- Drafting of business and corporate documentation, including contracts, leases, agreements, and corporate resolutions
- Environmental due diligence
- Franchising transactions and contracts
- Government contracts and procurement matters
- Insurance lines addressing environmental liabilities
- Land use and zoning
- Real estate
Litigation Services
- Bed bug claims
- Discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims as well as claims brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act and for alleged failure to accommodate under the Americans with Disabilities Act and state law
- Dram shop and liquor liability
- Food-borne illness
- General and premises liability
- Government and law enforcement investigations, subpoenas, and disciplinary actions
- Human trafficking liability
- Negligent security
- Tax audit defense, administrative appeals, collection cases, criminal tax matters, and refund actions
- Wage and hour
- Workers’ compensation defense (Pennsylvania and New Jersey)
Compliance Services
- Data protection/breach
- Employee disciplinary, compensation, and termination issues
- Employee and contractor classification
- Employee handbooks/manuals
- Employee/manager training, including discrimination, implicit bias, harassment, and retaliation
- Environmental discharge/waste disposal compliance
- Environmental health and safety matters (mold, dry cleaning facilities)
- Human resources policies and procedures
- Immigration
- Interplay of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FLMA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as state disability and workers' compensation laws
- Pension and union health/benefit fund compliance
- State and local tax issues
Attorneys
Charles W. Spitz
Principal
Co-Chair, Hospitality & Retail Practice Group
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-6629
Fax: 215-587-1444
Marc H. Perry
Principal and Co-Chair, Hospitality and Retail Practice Group
Member, Firm Board of Directors
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-6606
Fax: 215-587-1444
Angela H. Sanders
Principal
Employment and Labor
Lancaster
Phone: 717-391-4436
Mobile: 717-649-1057
Fax: 717-291-1609
Robert J. Balch
Principal
Vice-Chair, Casualty Litigation Department
Allentown
Phone: 610-774-0317
Fax: 610-433-3972
Brian W. Bisignani
Principal
Chair, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Practice Group
Lancaster
Phone: 717-612-6041
Fax: 717-291-1609
Abraham J. Rein
Principal & Chair, White Collar Practice Group
Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1057
Fax: 215-587-1444
Jay A. Gebauer
Senior Counsel
Casualty Litigation and Professional Liability
Mt. Laurel
Phone: 856-301-2576
Fax: 609-924-4144
Ronald H. Levine
Senior Counsel
Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1071
Fax: 215-587-1444
Theresa A. Mongiovi
Principal
Chair, Employment and Labor Practice Group
Lancaster
Phone: 717-391-4410
Mobile: 717-468-2066
Fax: 717-291-1609
Richard B. Wickersham Jr.
Principal
Chair, Products Liability Practice Group
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-6612
Fax: 215-587-1444
News & Insights
Charles W. Spitz
Principal
Co-Chair, Hospitality & Retail Practice Group
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-6629
Fax: 215-587-1444
Marc H. Perry
Principal and Co-Chair, Hospitality and Retail Practice Group
Member, Firm Board of Directors
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-6606
Fax: 215-587-1444
Angela H. Sanders
Principal
Employment and Labor
Lancaster
Phone: 717-391-4436
Mobile: 717-649-1057
Fax: 717-291-1609
Robert J. Balch
Principal
Vice-Chair, Casualty Litigation Department
Allentown
Phone: 610-774-0317
Fax: 610-433-3972
Brian W. Bisignani
Principal
Chair, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Practice Group
Lancaster
Phone: 717-612-6041
Fax: 717-291-1609
Abraham J. Rein
Principal & Chair, White Collar Practice Group
Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1057
Fax: 215-587-1444
Jay A. Gebauer
Senior Counsel
Casualty Litigation and Professional Liability
Mt. Laurel
Phone: 856-301-2576
Fax: 609-924-4144
Ronald H. Levine
Senior Counsel
Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1071
Fax: 215-587-1444
Theresa A. Mongiovi
Principal
Chair, Employment and Labor Practice Group
Lancaster
Phone: 717-391-4410
Mobile: 717-468-2066
Fax: 717-291-1609
Richard B. Wickersham Jr.
Principal
Chair, Products Liability Practice Group
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-6612
Fax: 215-587-1444
Corporate and Transactional Services
- Acquisitions and sales and divestitures of businesses or portions of businesses
- Contract and lease review
- Commercial financing and leasing transactions
- Drafting of business and corporate documentation, including contracts, leases, agreements, and corporate resolutions
- Environmental due diligence
- Franchising transactions and contracts
- Government contracts and procurement matters
- Insurance lines addressing environmental liabilities
- Land use and zoning
- Real estate
Litigation Services
- Bed bug claims
- Discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims as well as claims brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act and for alleged failure to accommodate under the Americans with Disabilities Act and state law
- Dram shop and liquor liability
- Food-borne illness
- General and premises liability
- Government and law enforcement investigations, subpoenas, and disciplinary actions
- Human trafficking liability
- Negligent security
- Tax audit defense, administrative appeals, collection cases, criminal tax matters, and refund actions
- Wage and hour
- Workers’ compensation defense (Pennsylvania and New Jersey)
Compliance Services
- Data protection/breach
- Employee disciplinary, compensation, and termination issues
- Employee and contractor classification
- Employee handbooks/manuals
- Employee/manager training, including discrimination, implicit bias, harassment, and retaliation
- Environmental discharge/waste disposal compliance
- Environmental health and safety matters (mold, dry cleaning facilities)
- Human resources policies and procedures
- Immigration
- Interplay of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FLMA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as state disability and workers' compensation laws
- Pension and union health/benefit fund compliance
- State and local tax issues