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Here’s some information to help your brewery/winery/distillery/bar/restaurant/distributorship be ready for obtaining emergency loans from the SBA and updated information on which states have approved them so far (link to SBA website in post)

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March 18, 2020

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Here is Chicago’s FAQ on food and liquor licensees’ ability to deliver and sell to-go during the state imposed ban of on-premise consumption.

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March 17, 2020

In addition to the state guidance and ban that Illinois liquor licensees can to...

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Got that beer or wine for free and didn’t tell me in your review? Shame on you… New FTC Guidance on Social Media Disclosures for influencers.

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November 18, 2019

Beer Twitter, Wine Twitter (is that a thing?) beer Instagram, wine columnists, writers, reporters,...

Have 1 or more employees? You need to know these new changes to Illinois employment laws to steer clear of penalties AND there are extra requirements for bars and restaurants.

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November 13, 2019

The Illinois Human Rights Act is the Illinois law dealing with employment issues like...

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Court applies legal principles that bars/restaurants/brewpubs/taprooms should understand in ruling that owner had no liability for patron stabbing that occurred on its premises.

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September 20, 2019

It’s rare to see textbook examples of the application of legal principles, even less...

UPDATE Governor signs Illinois bill allowing bars and restaurants to fill growlers/crowlers and expanding brewpub rights. Let the beer flow.

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August 27, 2019

House Bill 3610 became an amalgam of rights for Illinois’s hospitality industry, combining an...

Illinois may finally be getting a growler law – and bars will be able to fill growlers. Here’s what you might want to know about it.

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April 12, 2019

Presently, Illinois retailers cannot sell growlers of beer to customers. The privilege is reserved...

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Illinois updates proposed bill to allow craft distillers self-distribute, increase craft spirits production limits, sell other kinds of alcohol in “distilling pubs,” and warehouse off premises

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March 27, 2019

If special interests don’t try to kill the bills, Illinois could soon allow craft...

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Illinois Supreme Court decision means Illinois breweries, wineries, and distilleries collecting employees’ fingerprints without advance consent may face lawsuits for big money

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February 1, 2019

It’s the same with retinal scans, iris scans, voiceprints, palm prints, hand scans, face...

What the new Illinois “of value” regulations say about tap takeovers and donations to charitable causes. (Illinois’s new “of value” standards Part 3.)

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January 18, 2019

You can read and download the full text of the of new Illinois “of...

Illinois liquor control commission adopts new of value regulations for the alcohol industry

Are you ready for Illinois’s new of value regulations for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of beer, wine, and spirits?

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December 14, 2018

The Illinois Liquor Control Commission has adopted new regulations governing and addressing of value...

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A blow to three-tiers. 7th Circuit sides with expansion of Granholm – allowing lawsuit challenging Illinois’s ban on direct shipping of liquor, beer, and spirits from out-of-state retailers.

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November 29, 2018

“The Amendment gives states the power to structure their liquor distribution systems; it does...

Category: Chicago

Here’s some information to help your brewery/winery/distillery/bar/restaurant/distributorship be ready for obtaining emergency loans from the SBA and updated information on which states have approved them so far (link to SBA website in post)

Here is Chicago’s FAQ on food and liquor licensees’ ability to deliver and sell to-go during the state imposed ban of on-premise consumption.

Got that beer or wine for free and didn’t tell me in your review? Shame on you… New FTC Guidance on Social Media Disclosures for influencers.

Have 1 or more employees? You need to know these new changes to Illinois employment laws to steer clear of penalties AND there are extra requirements for bars and restaurants.

Court applies legal principles that bars/restaurants/brewpubs/taprooms should understand in ruling that owner had no liability for patron stabbing that occurred on its premises.

UPDATE Governor signs Illinois bill allowing bars and restaurants to fill growlers/crowlers and expanding brewpub rights. Let the beer flow.

Illinois may finally be getting a growler law – and bars will be able to fill growlers. Here’s what you might want to know about it.

Illinois updates proposed bill to allow craft distillers self-distribute, increase craft spirits production limits, sell other kinds of alcohol in “distilling pubs,” and warehouse off premises

Illinois Supreme Court decision means Illinois breweries, wineries, and distilleries collecting employees’ fingerprints without advance consent may face lawsuits for big money

What the new Illinois “of value” regulations say about tap takeovers and donations to charitable causes. (Illinois’s new “of value” standards Part 3.)

Are you ready for Illinois’s new of value regulations for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of beer, wine, and spirits?

A blow to three-tiers. 7th Circuit sides with expansion of Granholm – allowing lawsuit challenging Illinois’s ban on direct shipping of liquor, beer, and spirits from out-of-state retailers.

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