ARDA Previews 2012 Legislative Efforts
The legislative process is constant, as indicated by our recent posts on timeshare/fractional legislation in Florida and Wisconsin. However, the end of the year is always a good time for both looking...
View ArticleMisclassification of Timeshare Sales Employees Leads to Appointment of Receiver
We previously reported on Whitehead v. Vacation Charters, Ltd., where Vacation Charters, the owner and operator of the Split Rock timeshare resort, was found liable for a class action judgment in...
View ArticleHard Lessons in the Importance of Due Diligence in Hotel, Timeshare, and...
The legal battle spanning from 2004 to 2011 involving Midsouth Golf, LLC and the Fairfield Harbour residential community in North Carolina illustrates what can happen to buyers who do not perform the...
View ArticleNLRB Arbitration Ruling Raises Stakes of Decision in CompuCredit for...
The enforceability of class action waivers was one of the bigger stories in 2011. To illustrate, our sister blog – The Employment Class Action Blog – had at least 10 posts last year on developments...
View ArticleHospitality Companies Get Green Light On Arbitration
Our last blog post pointed to the importance of an upcoming decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood. Specifically, we wondered whether the Court would extend the reasoning...
View ArticleColorado Breaks New Ground – Timeshare Relief Company Regulation
Last week, Representative Carole Murray introduced HB 12-1116, which has the title “Concerning Deceptive Trade Practices Related to Timeshare Resale Transactions.” With respect to regulation of the...
View ArticleWorthy Read – ARDA’s Survey of HOA Controlled Timeshare Resorts
The ARDA International Foundation has recently released an interesting study focused exclusively on resorts controlled by home owner associations. The three academics behind this first-of-its-kind...
View ArticleWorthy Read – Dashboard or Dartboard: How Much Do You Really Know About Your...
Before the resort real estate depression, there was a broad concensus that shared ownership companies were allocating a significant portion of their sales revenue to marketing and sales expenses...
View ArticleGetting Prepped for ICANN’s Domain Rush
By now, you likely know that ICANN is accepting applications for new gTLDs through April 12, 2012. This post is intended to help those in the hospitality industry charged with monitoring the...
View ArticleNew Reasons to Protect Trademarks Through Registration
Taking the proactive step to register trademarks,whenever possible, is vital in today’s online world. Given the proposed release of countless new generic top level domains by ICANN (the governing board...
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