Hospitality Blog

Category: COVID-19

COVID-19 Essential Services Orders: What Massachusetts Hotel Owners Need to Know

04/06/2020   |   BY Joshua M. Bowman

In this alert, we will summarize the two COVID-19 Essential Services Orders issued by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (COVID-19 Executive... Read More »

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What Hotel Owners and Operators Need to Know About the CARES Act

04/06/2020   |   BY Sherin and Lodgen

Sherin and Lodgen attorneys, Joshua M. Bowman, Thomas A. Hippler, Joseph Y. Wang, and Carla M. Moynihan, were featured in... Read More »

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No Safety Net for Restaurant Industry

04/01/2020   |   BY Sherin and Lodgen

Joshua M. Bowman, chair of the firm’s Hospitality Practice Group, was quoted in Banker & Tradesman on March 22, 2020. The article,... Read More »

CARES Act: A Summary of Key Provisions Affecting the Hospitality Industry

03/31/2020   |   BY Joshua M. Bowman, Carla M. Moynihan, and Thomas A. Hippler

On March 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” also known... Read More »

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New Massachusetts Business Interruption Insurance Bill Could Provide Lifeline to Hotels and Restaurants During the Coronavirus Pandemic

03/27/2020   |   BY Sherin and Lodgen

Joshua M. Bowman, partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Corporate departments and chair of its Hospitality Practice Group, was... Read More »

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Could This Be the Bill That Saves Massachusetts Restaurants?

03/27/2020   |   BY Sherin and Lodgen

Joshua M. Bowman, partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Corporate departments and chair of its Hospitality Practice Group, was... Read More »

New Business Interruption Insurance Bill Filed in Massachusetts

03/26/2020   |   BY Joshua M. Bowman

On March 24, 2020, in response to the severe financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hotel, restaurant, and retail... Read More »

Hotel and Restaurant Owners: How to Reduce Your Insurance Costs during the COVID-19 Crisis

03/23/2020   |   BY Joshua M. Bowman

Hotel and restaurant owners who, as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, have closed down or are operating only with... Read More »

Force majeure: What owners, operators need to know

03/21/2020   |   BY Sherin and Lodgen

Joshua M. Bowman, chair of the firm's Hospitality Practice Group, was published in HOTELS Magazine on March 19, 2020. His... Read More »

An Introduction to the Doctrines of Impossibility and Frustration of Purpose

03/18/2020   |   BY Joshua M. Bowman

Even in its early stages, there is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying social distancing, quarantines, mass-closings... Read More »

Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19: What Hotel Owners and Operators Need to Know

03/13/2020   |   BY Joshua M. Bowman

It is now clear that the outbreak of COVID-19 will disrupt the travel industry on a scale possibly without precedent... Read More »