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A Great Collection of Alcoholic Beverage Law Blogs

I came across this wonderful blog by Tom Warks, today. Tom runs Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog, a blog typically discussing the public relations within the wine world. Tom regularly focuses on legal issues facing the wine industry and so he put together a list of some of the best alcoholic beverage law blogs out [...]

Alaskan Brewing Cancels Washington Distributorship, Loses Big in Arbitration

Alaskan Brewing Co. is the subject of an interesting Washington Court of Appeals opinion, which was handed down today. The opinion is unpublished and provides little to nothing in the way of new legal precedent, but it provides an intriguing look at the Washington distributorship law. Alaska Distributors Company (ADCO) was the exclusive distributor of [...]

Port Brewing Files Trademark Action Against Moylan’s Brewing

***This post was originally published on BeerBlotter.com, a seattle beer blog to which I regularly offer commentary.*** UPDATE: Since this was originally posted on BeerBlotter.com, I was advised of a myriad of conversation on the topic. Here are a few additional links to the BeerNews.org report and the Full Pint’s interview with Moylan’s brewmaster (who produced [...]

Liquor Control Board Executive Openly Opposes Initiative 1100 – Citizen Files Ethics Complaint

The Initiative 1100 battle is still running hot and heavy. The animus shown by both parties, for each other, is thick. We have discussed it a few times, here on our blog. Recently, the Liquor Control Board (LCB) has been vocal about its disdain for the proposed Initiative.  The Washington Wine Institute hosted Washington Liquor [...]