Judge Denies Atlantic’s Request for Injunction Against Jack’s Abby in Mass. Franchise Law Battle

Dear Client:    Last week, Massachusetts wholesaler Atlantic Importing Co. filed a motion in Suffolk County Superior Court seeking a declaration that local brewer “Jack's Abby can’t terminate Atlantic’s distribution rights” and asking for a preliminary injunction to stay arbitration proceedings (among other things).  Recall, Jack's Abby and Atlantic are scuffling over Jack's Abby's intent to leave the distributor since a new Massachusetts law allows brewers under 250,000 barrels to leave a wholesaler without cause, so long as they remit fair