New Jersey Passes Landmark Franchise Bill

New Jersey Gov. Codey signed into law a landmark beer franchise bill yesterday which gives distributors many sought-after protections.Attorney Drew Jaglom of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, who represented the New Jersey distributors in almost a year's worth of negotiations with Anheuser-Busch and did much of the drafting of the bill, told BBD this morning that "it is the first law to provide for reasonable compensation even in a termination for cause, recognizing that beer distribution rights are a