LAWSUIT/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Monday [11-26-18] dismissed a lawsuit by the owners of a Washington, D.C., wine bar who accused President Donald Trump of unfair competition for operating a nearby hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. Diane Gross and Khalid Pitts, a married couple who have run Cork Wine Bar since 2008, claimed they lost business to the Trump International Hotel because of its association with the president and an expectation it would attract diplomats, lobbyists and politicians hoping to win his favor. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., however, found no allegations of interference by Trump or his Trump Old Post Office LLC, and said their ability to benefit from the president’s ‘heightened notoriety since taking office’ could not support the lawsuit.”
–Jonathan Stempel, “Trump wins dismissal of wine bar’s unfair competition lawsuit,” Reuters, November 26, 2018 4:21 pm