NJ Craft Brewer Sues State ABC, Saying Restrictions Violate Free Speech

Dear Client: New Jersey craft brewer Death of the Fox Brewing Company says New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s new license conditions adopted this summer violate brewers’ free speech rights to advertise events at their tasting rooms.  So the brewer filed suit this past week.  The new conditions on licenses of all limited breweries in the state went into effect July 1. The conditions were spelled out in a Special Ruling ABC issued in 2019 and placed “onerous regulations