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New Year, New TTB Standards of Fill for Wine and Spirits

jennifer_admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:50:00 +0000

In a new rule finalized earlier this month, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) authorized twenty-eight additional standards of fill for wine and distilled spirits containers, allowing for greater flexibility in packaging and more purchasing options for consumers. The ruling also removes the previous distinction between the standards of fill for canned...

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TTB Updates Compliance Rules for Alcohol Advertising on Social Media

jennifer_admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:54:00 +0000

Earlier this month, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) issued Industry Circular 2024-1, which updates TTB’s alcohol advertising regulations to address the use of linked content on social media platforms. The circular modifies and supersedes TTB Industry Circular 2022-2. At the federal level, alcohol advertising is governed by the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (“FAA...

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New Bill Expands Opportunities for California Craft Breweries

jennifer_admin — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:57:00 +0000

California’s Governor Newsom has signed into law Assembly Bill 2174 (“AB 2174”), introducing a Beer Caterer’s permit for licensed breweries to sample and sell their beers at a range of public and private events, without requiring the breweries to maintain a separate, physical space at each event. Beginning January 2025, beer manufacturers holding a Type 01 or Type 23 license can...

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Alcohol Advertising Now Allowed on TikTok

jennifer_admin — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:59:00 +0000

Popular social media application TikTok quietly updated its advertising policy to allow alcohol ads on the platform, subject to certain restrictions. The beer, wine, and spirits industry advertising codes stipulate that beverage alcohol digital marketing communications should be placed only in media where at least 73.8% of the audience is reasonably expected to be of the legal...

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Cheers to a New Year! Beverage Alcohol Updates for 2024

jennifer_admin — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:02:00 +0000

And that’s a wrap on 2023! As we close out the first month of the new year, here is a look at the California Alcoholic Beverage Control’s (“ABC”) significant legislative changes affecting the industry in 2024: Bars to Offer Drug Testing Kits: Starting July 1, 2024, AB 1013 requires Type 48 (On-Sale General Public Premises) licensees to offer...

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SKJ Welcomes Roger Clayton as a Partner

jennifer_admin — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:08:00 +0000

The partners at Strike Kerr & Johns are pleased to announce the elevation of Roger Clayton from Senior Associate to Partner! Roger joined the firm as an associate in 2019. Prior to developing an expertise in alcohol regulatory law, Roger was a trial attorney in San Diego and a litigator with an international law firm....

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Alaska to Regulate Direct to Consumer Alcohol Shipping Beginning January 1, 2024

jennifer_admin — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:10:00 +0000

In 2022, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed Senate Bill 9 (“SB 9”), an omnibus beverage alcohol bill that includes new requirements for direct to consumer (“DtC”) shipping. Starting January 1, 2024, in- and out-of-state manufacturers must apply for a Manufacturer Direct Shipment license to ship product directly to Alaska residents. Manufacturer Direct Shipment licensees may only ship...

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CA ABC Announces License Authorizations for 2023

jennifer_admin — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 11:10:00 +0000

This week, California ABC announced new priority and intercounty license authorizations for eligible counties. This year’s announcement includes five (5) new Type 87 licenses for specified census tracts in San Francisco, as well as new on-sale liquor licenses in Napa, Mariposa, Alpine, Shasta, and El Dorado counties. A full list of the new license authorizations...

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