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NEW BILL PROPOSAL MAY MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESTAURANTS AND LIQUOR STORES TO ACCEPT OUT-OF-STATE ID’S

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Fri, 23/10/2015 - 16:54

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C. Currently in Massachusetts, restaurants and liquor stores are losing out on potential sales from tourists and other out-of-state visitors as a result of the stringent restrictions for accepting out-of-state licenses to prove a potential customer is twenty-one years or older. Pursuant to Section 34B of Chapter 138, a licensed retailer may only “reasonably Continue Reading...

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NEW FDA REGULATIONS COULD COST BREWERIES

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Wed, 21/10/2015 - 20:14

Law Offices of John Connell, P.C.: New U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations will soon require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations to display the nutritional information on their menus (or make such information available upon request by the customer) by December 1, 2016, including nutritional information for alcoholic beverages sold by these “national chains.” Such required information Continue Reading...

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ABCC ISSUES ITS REPORT ON PAY-TO-PLAY ALLEGATIONS

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Thu, 03/09/2015 - 18:39

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: On September 2, 2015, the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (“ABCC”) issued its “Violation Report” on the so-called “pay-to-play” allegations in the Massachusetts alcoholic beverages industry, which has been investigated by the ABCC since October 2014. In its report, the full content of which can be read here, the ABCC does not issue any violations Continue Reading...

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ABCC ISSUES NEW POLICIES RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Thu, 03/09/2015 - 13:48

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: On August 26, 2015, the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (“ABCC”) issued a Memorandum On License Application Forms . Copy of the Memorandum can be found here. Under these new guidelines, in an effort to “streamline the retail alcoholic beverages application process,” the ABCC has now announced a few significant changes in policy Continue Reading...

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THE MASSACHUSETTS FRANCHISE LAW AND INTRODUCING “NEW BRANDS” – DO THEY HAVE TO GO TO YOUR WHOLESALER?

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Tue, 14/07/2015 - 19:04

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: As most wineries, breweries, distilleries and importers are aware, once a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages has regularly placed a particular “brand” with a Massachusetts wholesaler within the last six months, it cannot refuse to sell that “brand” to that wholesaler pursuant to G.L. c. 138, §25E in the absence of a written contract Continue Reading...

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NEW BILL PROPOSAL MAY MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESTAURANTS AND LIQUOR STORES TO ACCEPT OUT-OF-STATE ID’S

NEW FDA REGULATIONS COULD COST BREWERIES

ABCC ISSUES ITS REPORT ON PAY-TO-PLAY ALLEGATIONS

ABCC ISSUES NEW POLICIES RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS

THE MASSACHUSETTS FRANCHISE LAW AND INTRODUCING “NEW BRANDS” – DO THEY HAVE TO GO TO YOUR WHOLESALER?

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