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BEER INDUSTRY PLAYERS SEEK COMPETING AMENDMENTS TO MASSACHUSETTS FRANCHISE LAW

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Tue, 14/02/2017 - 18:30

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: Massachusetts General Law Chapter 138 § 25E provides that any manufacturer of alcoholic beverages that makes regular sales of its branded products to a wholesaler for a period of six months or longer has entered into a binding agreement with that wholesaler for that particular brand that can only be terminated by the Continue Reading...

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WINNING AN APPEAL AT THE ABCC AFTER BEING FOUND TO HAVE SERVED AN INTOXICATED PERSON

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Fri, 03/02/2017 - 19:47

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: In September 2016, the ABCC released its decision In Re: Casseys Gridiron Sports Bar (September 14, 2016) wherein the ABCC disapproved the City of Attleboro’s one day suspension on a Section 12 All Alcoholic Beverages pouring license for service to an intoxicated person in violation of M.G.L. c. 138, §69. In summary, Continue Reading...

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ABCC FINDS SHAW’S SUPERMARKET IN VIOLATION FOR SELLING BEER AT PRICE BELOW INVOICED COST

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Wed, 04/01/2017 - 15:00

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...

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ABCC DISAPROVES BOSTON’S EFFORT TO BAN “NIPS AND SINGLES” WHEN SELLING A LIQUOR STORE

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Tue, 03/01/2017 - 19:09

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...

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REGULATORS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CAN BE FOUND INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE WHEN INTERFERING WITH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE COMMERCIAL SPEECH

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Mon, 11/07/2016 - 15:22

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Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: Free speech prevailed for Maryland’s Flying Dog Brewery in its recent six-year battle with the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. Back in 2009 when the brewery released it’s new Belgian-style IPA called “Raging Bitch,” the Michigan Liquor Control Commission quickly banned it from being sold in the state. The Commission considered “Raging Bitch” to Continue Reading...

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BEER INDUSTRY PLAYERS SEEK COMPETING AMENDMENTS TO MASSACHUSETTS FRANCHISE LAW

WINNING AN APPEAL AT THE ABCC AFTER BEING FOUND TO HAVE SERVED AN INTOXICATED PERSON

ABCC FINDS SHAW’S SUPERMARKET IN VIOLATION FOR SELLING BEER AT PRICE BELOW INVOICED COST

ABCC DISAPROVES BOSTON’S EFFORT TO BAN “NIPS AND SINGLES” WHEN SELLING A LIQUOR STORE

REGULATORS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CAN BE FOUND INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE WHEN INTERFERING WITH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE COMMERCIAL SPEECH