Attention North Carolina Retailers: Time to Renew Your ABC Permits!
March 4, 2025
If your business sells alcohol in North Carolina, now is the time to renew or register your Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) retail permit. Failure…
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Reopening Restaurants in Buncombe County after Helene: What We Know Today
October 9, 2024
Buncombe County’s Environmental Health Supervisor Felissa Vazquez met with local restaurant owners at 12 Bones Brewing on the morning of October 8, 2024, to answer…
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Cheers to this! Good News for the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Industry
June 29, 2024
Senate Bill 527: ABC Omnibus has been adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly and is heading to Governor Cooper for signature. This legislation,…
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Trademark Infringement is No Joke!: Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC
June 8, 2023
Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jack Daniel’s in a dispute over a humorous squeaky dog toy called “Bad Spaniels.” The…
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NC Retail Permits Cancelled – But a Solution Is Available
May 11, 2023
As many of you know (and, perhaps, some do not) – the North Carolina ABC Commission recently canceled retail permits for businesses that had…
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Hayley Wells to Speak at the NC Craft Brewers Conference + Expo 2022
October 27, 2022
The first week of November holds an auspicious event for craft beer lovers everywhere, the 2022 NC Craft Brewers Conference + Expo. This is a…
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The Fun and Whimsical (but Crowded) Landscape of Beer Names Part 2
March 4, 2022
Ed. Note: This is Part 2 of 2 What’s in a name? Beer names can be funny, creative, and whimsical. But with the growing…
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The Fun and Whimsical (but Crowded) Landscape of Beer Names Part 1
February 25, 2022
In addition to all its natural beauty and opportunities for outdoor recreation, Western North Carolina has more lately become known for its abundance of…
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State Legislation That Raises Our Spirits
October 27, 2021
Any spirit raising is a welcome one during the time of COVID. As attorneys representing breweries, wineries, distilleries, retailers, and countless other businesses working…
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Brews, Booze, and Data Breaches
March 17, 2021
Friday afternoon, news sources reported that Molson Coors Beverage Company notified the Securities and Exchange Commission about an ongoing data breach that had delayed…
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Regulatory Booze Blues
October 14, 2020
Imagine that we are not in the midst of a global pandemic and that you are on vacation at a charming brewery, somewhere on the…
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Hayley Wells Joins Asheville Brewers Alliance’s COVID-19 Legal Roundtable as a Panelist
July 21, 2020
Attorney Hayley Wells will be a panelist for a virtual COVID-19 Legal Roundtable, hosted by the Asheville Brewers Alliance (“ABA”). The virtual forum is…
