What Happened in Kentucky?

Dear Client: House Bill 168, the measure forcing Kentucky brewers to forfeit their beer distributorships, went into effect late last month and the lawsuit we've all been predicting from A-B hasn't been filed. So what are they up to? Word on the street is that they are asking amenable wholesalers in states where they can legally own a branch to do a trade -- i.e. trade their Kentucky operations for a wholesalership in a branch state. If that can't be