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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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...
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...
Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: In a recent ABCC decision, the ABCC issued Shaw’s Supermarket, Inc. a “warning” after finding that Shaw’s sold 30-packs of certain well known beer brands for $19.99 when it was determined Shaw’s had actually purchased those 30-packs from a beer distributor for $20.60 a 30-pack. See In Re: Shaw’s Supermarket, Inc. (October 19, Continue Reading...
Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: In December 2016, the ABCC released its decision In Re: Codman Square Liquors (December 16, 2016) wherein the ABCC disapproved the City of Boston’s imposition of a “no nips or singles” condition on a Section 15 liquor store license transfer between a liquor store operating for 35 years in Dorchester and the buyer’s Continue Reading...