West Bloomfield, MI (March 23, 2017) – The Midwest Independent Retailers Association (MIRA) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the Court of Claims asserting that the Liquor Control Commission (LCC) violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it took only five weeks, from the time it submitted draft rules to the Office of Regulatory Reinvention rescinding the…
Public Act 520 of 2016 amended MCL 436.1203 to create a new Third Party Facilitator Service license and to allow Specially Designated Merchant (SDM) licensees to ship wine directly to consumers. These changes become effective March 29, 2017 Third Party Facilitator Service License Specially Designated Merchant (SDM) or Specially Designated Distributor (SDD) licensees may use…
Senate Bill 973 was signed into law on January 5, 2017 as Public Act 514 of 2016. The amended law will go into effect on April 9, 2017 This legislation adds Specially Designated Distributor (SDD) licenses that also hold Specially Designated Merchant (SDM) licenses as eligible merchants that may fill growlers. This is in addition…
By Mark Williams // The Columbus Dispatch The state fund for injured workers wants to give $1.1 billion back to Ohio’s private and public employers. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation today proposed a rebate that is equal to two-thirds of the premiums more than 200,000 private and public employers paid in their most recent policy…
By Fran Spielman // Chicago Sun Times The days of waiting in line at a Chicago supermarket to buy a six pack or a bottle of wine while the kid cashier calls his boss are about to end. To speed up retail sales and reduce youth unemployment, the City Council’s License Committee advanced an ordinance…
PR Newswire The distilled spirits, wine and beer industries continued to adapt to consumers’ changing attitudes towards beverage alcohol. Industry-wide premiumization kept pace with consumer interest in high-quality products. And Millennials continued to drive expansion and migrate toward brands with heritage, authenticity and quality. Distilled spirits achieved its 20th consecutive year of steady volume growth, up about 2%.…