Aloha everyone. As per my custom, below is an unedited paper written by Tracy Dudick (a rockstar evening student at McGeorge) during my last Craft Beer Law class. This paper examines the sometimes complex relationship between craft beer and legal
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Independent Beer Post COVID-19: Will State Governments Re-Think Regulations?
It’s a really tough time to be an independent craft brewery. Despite headlines saying that alcohol sales are skyrocketing, and while that is true, small craft breweries have essentially seen two out of three of their main sources of income…
Craft Beer in the Time of Coronavirus: State Regulators Giving Independent Beer a Fighting Chance
Only the strong will survive this. A new brewery or one that has not found financial stability is in deep trouble of huge losses and most likely closure due to COVID-19. It’s just a fact. Despite pleas and community energy…
A Circuit Split and Legalized Pay-To-Play: You’d Rather Be an Independent Craft Brewer in the Ninth Circuit than the Eighth Circuit Today
This could be really bad for independent craft beer. Most states have tied-house laws that prevent manufacturers from giving retailers a “thing of value.” Among the many prohibitions this encompasses, manufacturers are (were?) universally prohibited from paying a retailer for…
Big News in California Craft Beer Legal Services: Crafted Legal (Noble & Page LLP) Teams Up With The Craft Beer Attorney, APC (Candace Moon).
When Tom McCormick, Executive Director of the California Craft Brewers Association, comes to speak to my Craft Beer Law class here at McGeorge, one thing he always tells my students is that there is a shortage of attorneys conversant with…
Hiatus Status and a New Helpful California Bill Signed Into Law
For those of you who read this blog, you might be wondering where the heck I have been? Am I alive? My friends, don’t try to write a book. I say that in jest, of course, but I have been…
“Craft” Folks, Bad Behavior, and (Legal) Consequences
You know how you get sick after being confined in crowded areas like airplanes or New York City? It appears the same can be true for some companies when markets get crowded. I will say for the record that the…
Craft Beer Law Student Article: Katie Green
The following is a student article written for my last craft beer law class at McGeorge. The student author is Katie Green, and as a “reward” for receiving the highest grade in the class, here is her article for your…
The Starve Out
Many people lament big beer purchasing former craft breweries and folding them into the global collective. The reasons behind the aversion vary from person to person. I like to play a game whereby I send out a friend or a…
Are “Beers for a Cause” an Illegal Inducement?
Alcoholic beverage control agencies across the U.S. prohibit inducements. That is, a brewery can’t “induce” a patron to buy a beer through means of solicitation, payment, free goods, or other things of value. For example, California Business & Professions Code…