Illinois Branch Bill Gaining Steam

April 17, 2013Dear Client: You may recall last Halloween when the Illinois Liquor Control Commission ruled that A-B could keep its 30% stake in Chicago-area distributor City Beverage. In response, Illinois state reps introduced identical bills in the state House and Senate which state "that no person licensed as a manufacturer of beer by any licensing authority ... shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in a holder of a distributor's license or importing distributor's license." Just before the spring