Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell has noticed an appeal of a decision striking down two Virginia Alcohol advertising regulations.
U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck in June ruled unconstitutional a regulation that barred the use of the term “Happy Hour” and similar advertising language and a regulation that prohibited all alcohol ads in college student publications. […]
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AG will appeal alcohol advertising decision
August 15th, 2008 · No Comments · ABC Department
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Sangria, beer pops soon to be legal in Virginia
June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · ABC Department
They take their cocktails seriously, those folks in Alexandria. And because the folks at the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control take the rules seriously, it look legislation from the 2008 General Assembly to make it legal for Northern Virginians (and the rest of us) to get such treats as sangria wine and frozen […]
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Bar owner has claim for SWAT team search
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments · 4th Circuit, ABC Department, Civil Rights
When a liquor license is granted, the bar or restaurant agrees to let ABC agents come on the premises to inspect for violations.
But apparently something else was going on June 2, 2004, when a police narcotics task force in Manassas Park invaded the Rack ‘N’ Roll Billiard Club with over 50 officers.
According to the […]
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Beach officials rethink ABC restrictions
August 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · ABC Department, Virginia Beach
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
After all, Ernestine Combs really needed a liquor license for her lounge, Uroma.
And Virginia Beach really wanted to keep Virginia Beach’s notorious “Block,” the area near 17th Street and Pacific Avenue, as orderly as possible.
So the city agreed not to object to the liquor license so long […]
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