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Longtime Brewers Association counsel Marc Sorini provides his annual overview of the year’s developments at the intersection of law and craft beer. Topics this year will include: The implications of the Supreme Court’s pending Byrd v. Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers …Read More
On November 26, 2019, the TTB published a notice asking for public comments on a comprehensive update to federal beverage alcohol labeling and advertising regulations. The TTB is updating existing regulations and formalizing many unwritten labeling conventions adopted in the …Read More
Longtime Brewers Association counsel Marc Sorini provides his annual overview of the year’s developments at the intersection of law and craft beer. Topics this year will include the new federal excise tax laws, ongoing policy struggles over brewery taprooms and …Read More
Death and taxes–the two certainties in life. We can’t do anything about the first one, but in this session we can help you plan strategies to minimize what you have to pay Uncle Sam. We’ll talk about opportunities you might …Read More
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“Tax Act”) is the most comprehensive revision to the Internal Revenue Code since 1986. While the Brewers Association focuses on industry-specific excise tax measures, every brewer, supplier, distributor, and retail member is …Read More
Like brewing beer, beer law is both national and regional in nature. As a result, breweries come to CBC with many questions that go unanswered because there simply is not a seminar to cover it all. Come meet with legal …Read More
Your brewery is not just another bar. We will discuss how breweries have been favorable to cities in terms of revitalization, without increasing crime. Stats and resources will be provided to assist you when the resistance starts. Read More
Join CCBA Executive Director Tom McCormick, Freetail Brewing Co owner and past BA Board Member Scott Metzger, and BA Chief Economist Bart Watson as they discuss the state of tasting room rights in 2018. They will focus on recent changes …Read More
This session will provide an update of the current federal legislative and regulatory issues small brewers are facing. Marc Sorini covers where we’re at and were we can go from here. Read More
There is much to absorb in the new federal regulation for food safety. The Food Safety Management Act, enacted in 2015, is the first general sweeping act for food safety in the U.S. since 1938, and it will impact the …Read More
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