COSTCO WINS; Now What?

As BBD reported over the weekend, Costco essentially won its lawsuit against the State of Washington, as predicted by nearly everybody including BBD. Let's recap that ruling, in case you missed it.Judge Pechman ruled late Friday that many provisions in the Washington state liquor control code are illegal antitrust violations, including their cash law, minimum markup, the ban on central warehousing, and price posting. She agreed with Costco that the state's mandatory price markups, cash law, and other rules unfairly