Matthew Tota
That didn’t take long.
Fewer than 80 days after breweries won the right to cut ties with a distributor without having to wage a protracted legal battle, a distributor has called the new law unconstitutional and wants to fight a protracted legal battle.
Holliston wholesaler Atlantic Beverage Distributors has tried to deny Framingham brewer Jack’s Abby’s efforts to terminate its Massachusetts distribution agreement and buy back control of its brand by filing a lawsuit with the state’s Alcohol Beverages Control Commission.
Jack’s Abby represents the first high-profile brewer to invoke the new law, and this case will test the strength of the historic truce between brewers and distributors.