January 10, 2024
The Ninth Circuit reinstated an arbitration award Wednesday ordering Hyatt to secure a franchisee's assumption of a neutrality agreement Hyatt signed to respect workers' unionization efforts at two Hollywood hotels, finding Hyatt transferred its role as the hotels' operator to the franchisee, making the franchisee a successor to the agreement.
December 01, 2023
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit in a proposed racial discrimination class action against Uber. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
July 03, 2023
Hyatt Hotels Corp. urged the Ninth Circuit to preserve its win in a dispute arising from a UNITE HERE local's organizing drive at two Hollywood, California, hotels, saying the company cannot be forced to compel the hotel buildings' owner to respect the unionization effort.
May 02, 2023
A UNITE HERE local is fighting to overturn its loss in a dispute with Hyatt Hotels about a unionization effort at a pair of Hollywood hotels, telling the Ninth Circuit that a California federal judge erred by siding with the hotel chain.