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DIAGRAM DRAFTING FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Thu, 22/08/2019 - 18:31

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: In every application for an alcoholic beverage license whether it be for a manufacturer, wholesaler or a retailer, a diagram of the proposed “licensed premises” will be required. Once an application is approved by the Trade & Tax Bureau (“TTB”), the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (“ABCC”) and/or a local municipal licensing authority Continue Reading...

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SIGNING YOUR ANNUAL LICENSE RENEWAL BY AN UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL CAN CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Tue, 06/08/2019 - 19:53

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: As has been the case for many years but which was recently revisited in the ABCC’s Decision of In Re: Franco Restaurant, Inc. (December 19, 2018), signing an annual liquor license renewal form by an-unauthorized person can result in the revocation of that license. In general, the law in Massachusetts is that when Continue Reading...

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THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WHEN A BREWERY NEEDS TO FILE SUIT AGAINST A WHOLESALER

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Mon, 25/03/2019 - 20:32

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: Every now and then a Massachusetts brewery will not be paid by a wholesaler due to some dispute that arises out of the parties’ contractual relationship, whether that contractual relationship is written or verbal. In March 2019, the state Appeals Court rendered its decision in Paper City Brewery Co., Inc. vs. La Resistance, Continue Reading...

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TERMINATING YOUR WHOLESALER DUE TO THEIR FAILURE TO USE “BEST EFFORTS”

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Wed, 23/08/2017 - 14:14

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: Alcoholic beverage manufactures such as instate and out-of-state breweries, wineries and distilleries are familiar with the Massachusetts “franchise law” that prohibits a manufacturer from (ever) terminating its established wholesaler unless it can prove “good cause” for doing so at the ABCC. Pursuant to G.L. c. 138, § 25E, there exists 5 separate grounds Continue Reading...

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APPEALS COURT REVERSES JURY VERDICT AGAINST BAR OVER THROWN BEER BOTTLE

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Thu, 03/08/2017 - 14:34

Attorney John P. Connell and the Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C. this week prevailed in the Massachusetts Appeals Court when that Court reversed a jury’s award of damages for a patron who was struck in the forehead by a beer bottle thrown by another patron at the now closed “Bar Room” formerly located on Broad Street in Boston. Continue Reading...

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DIAGRAM DRAFTING FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS

SIGNING YOUR ANNUAL LICENSE RENEWAL BY AN UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL CAN CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS

THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WHEN A BREWERY NEEDS TO FILE SUIT AGAINST A WHOLESALER

TERMINATING YOUR WHOLESALER DUE TO THEIR FAILURE TO USE “BEST EFFORTS”

APPEALS COURT REVERSES JURY VERDICT AGAINST BAR OVER THROWN BEER BOTTLE