Category: Retail and Hospitality

​​Recent changes to the tax law for hospitality workers resulting from H.R. 1 (2025) may make it more confusing to manage deductions on tips and overtime. Effective January 1, 2025, and extending to December 31, 2028, the new rules come with limited guidance. Below, the retail and hospitality lawyers from MehaffyWeber discuss compliance challenges business…

​​Managing a retail operation involves coordinating with other providers and subcontractors to provide service to your customers efficiently. Yet, when a subcontractor doesn’t meet their contractual obligations, your company could face reputational, financial, and legal backlash. To understand more, the Texas retail and hospitality lawyers at MehaffyWeber discuss liability risks retailers face for subcontractor delays…

​​Hotel management agreements (HMAs) represent the unique business relationship between hotel owners and the management companies or operators that run them. An HMA  must clearly define each party’s expectations, rights, and obligations. Each party has specific interests that the contract needs to protect. Success for both parties largely depend on the financial performance of the…

​​Many municipalities across the state of Texas and around the United States have adopted some form of regulation regarding “bring your own bottle” (BYOB) service. Recently, the City of Houston passed a sweeping new ordinance that provided more guidance to local restaurants that have offered BYOB service in the past or that are considering adopting…

​​Food and beverage manufacturers are under siege these days from lawsuits, some of them with questionable merits. One of the frequent areas in which these manufacturers are sued is product labeling. Plaintiffs’ attorneys are always on the prowl for lawsuits to file against food and drink makers in the hope of scoring a quick and…