MIAMI—Eden Roc Hotel has won the legal right to remove Marriott as manager.
Pryor Cashman LLP successfully argued to a New York appeals court that it should vacate an injunction requiring Eden Roc to accept the hotel management services of Marriott International and its subsidiary, Renaissance Hotel Management Company, LLC.

The appellate court agreed and issued an order on March 26, 2013. “This decision marks the beginning of a new era for Eden Roc, one of the most iconic luxury hotels on Miami Beach,” says Diego Ardid, vice president of Eden Roc LLLP.

According to Pryor Cashman, Marriott argued that its management agreement with Eden Roc could not be terminated by Eden Roc during the full term of that agreement, which could have lasted another 43 years. Although Marriott obtained an injunction from the lower court securing its place as Eden Roc's manager against Eden Roc's wishes, a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department of New York, agreed with Pryor Cashman that the parties' hotel management contract “is a classic example of a personal services contract that may not be enforced by injunction.”