Illinois Passes MillerCoors Law

Dear Client:When it comes to protecting their franchise rights, Illinois wholesalers don't mess around. Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn signed into law today a bill "to assure that the State of Illinois will continue to control the contractual relationship between a beer distributor and a brewer," writes the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois in a release.ABDI had initiated the bill as a result of the new MillerCoors distributor agreement last August (can you believe it's been a year?). ABDI felt several