California AG to Brewers: Don’t Tread
on Me

Dear Client:In a sweeping win for distributors, the California Attorney General issued a stern industry advisory which warned brewers that certain contractual controls that they seek to have over wholesalers are unenforceable under California law and therefore illegal [See full document here: www.beernet.com/CaliIndustryAdvisory.pdf ]. Now, you will recall that MillerCoors in particular has been quarreling with their wholesalers regarding their new distributor contract in California since November 2008, culminating in June with the California AG writing a letter to MillerCoors