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Denver is first city in America to allow pot in bars and restaurants

Denver is first city in America to allow pot in bars and restaurants    Source: Associated Press November 15, 2016   Denver has approved a first-in-the-nation law allowing people to use marijuana in bars and restaurants.   Denver voters weighed in on Proposition 300 as eight other states legalized marijuana for medical or recreational purposes […]

Full 9th Circ. To Rehear Calif. Store Booze-Ad Ban Appeal

Full 9th Circ. To Rehear Calif. Store Booze-Ad Ban Appeal   Source: Law360 By Kat Greene  November 16, 2016   The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday agreed to reconsider its decision reviving an advertising company’s challenge to California’s law barring liquor producers from paying retailers for in-store marketing after an army of amici came forward to […]

Mass. leads the way for a national crackdown on ‘pay-to-play’?

Mass. leads the way for a national crackdown on ‘pay-to-play’?   Federal regulators have struck a record-high settlement from a Massachusetts beer distributor.   Source: Boston Globe By Dan Adams Globe November 16, 2016   Federal alcohol regulators on Wednesday vowed a national crackdown on “pay-to-play” in the beer industry, taking aim at an illegal […]