BREAKING: Chesbay Fights Back

Dear Client:After MillerCoors denied Reyes Beverage Group the right to purchase Chesbay Distributing in Virginia and seeks to terminate Chesby due to alleged violations of their distributor agreement (see BBD 09-13-2012), we knew Chesbay would fight back based on Virginia's strong franchise laws, and indeed they have. First, in a letter to the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control, Chesbay's counsel Walter Marston writes that MillerCoors' block and delay of the sale to Reyes will "cause extraordinary harm, due to the 'fiscal