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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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SOMERVILLE AWASH IN NEW LIQUOR LICENSES

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Tue, 29/11/2016 - 14:46

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: As perhaps a harbinger of things to come across the rest of Massachusetts should the state legislature ever eliminate the current quota system for liquor licenses which makes only a certain number of licenses available to each city and town, the City of Somerville is about to become awash with new liquor licenses. 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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TOWNS AND CITIES PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON NIPS

Submitted by John P. Connell, Esq. on Wed, 13/04/2016 - 13:55

Law Offices of John P. Connell, P.C.: Towns and cities in Massachusetts such as Framingham and Wareham in recent years have debated whether to impose municipal wide regulations that would ban the sale of so-called “nips” from liquor stores operating within those communities. Nips (a term derived from the word “nipperkin,” meaning a unit of liquid measurement containing less than Continue Reading...

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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

SOMERVILLE AWASH IN NEW LIQUOR LICENSES

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

TOWNS AND CITIES PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON NIPS