The (Legal) Consequences of Convergence

Dear Client: The beer industry is facing several major legal and regulatory challenges all at once, all the while going through tectonic market changes, including the convergence of bev-alc categories, the growing influence of digital marketplaces, and changes in the power dynamic between and among the three tiers, to name a few.   BMI scribe Chris Shepard moderated a panel of industry attorneys at their Beer Insights Spring Conference last week in an attempt to shed some clarity on these issues,