Food & Beverage Law

NY Specific

New York Alcohol Beverage Law

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
OnDemand
5 hours 55 minutes
Tracy Jong
Jacob Piorkowski
Britt Patton
With Tracy P. Jong from Evans & Fox LLP + 2 others
Recorded September 27, 2023
Product ID 96975

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Overview

Legal Best Practices for Wineries, Breweries, Distilleries, Pubs

Alcohol beverage businesses are capital intensive, with unique regulatory and licensing challenges. They require specialized knowledge to ensure the business is compliant and maximally protected from liability. This focused online seminar offers industry-specific advice from experienced practitioners to ensure your clients run, buy, and sell breweries, wineries, distilleries, pubs, and distributors without a hitch. Register today!

  • Get a practical update of the state and federal laws and regulations shaping the alcohol beverage industry.
  • Weigh the pros and cons of various tax and legal structures for the specific nature of the alcohol business.
  • Draft better bylaws that take long-term business plans into consideration.
  • Mitigate industry-specific risks with well-crafted contracts and insurance.
  • Build a solid foundation of tax knowledge necessary to help alcohol-producing and hybrid businesses efficiently.
  • Guard your professional reputation with a practice-tailored legal ethics guide.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. State and Federal Regulation
  2. Getting Started: Business Entity Selection, Formation Agreements, and More
  3. Operational Issues
  4. Key Contracts: Production, Sales, Distribution
  5. Tax Essentials
  6. Insurance and Liability Issues
  7. Buying/Selling an Alcohol Business: Valuation, Agreements, Negotiations, etc.
  8. Legal Ethics

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Product ID 96975

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
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CLE

Agenda

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  1. State and Federal Regulation

    1. State and Federal Alcohol Laws
    2. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)
    3. Farm Laws You Need to Know
    4. Dram Shop Liability Issues

  2. Getting Started: Business Entity Selection, Formation Agreements, and More

    1. Types of Entities, Choice of Structure, Conversions Based on Business Plan
    2. Tax and Non-Tax Considerations Unique to This Industry
    3. LLPs: General Partners vs. Limited Partners
    4. Single-Owner Entities
    5. Raising Capital: Sefl-Funded vs. SBA Loan vs. Crowdfunding Considerations
    6. Formation Documents and Bylaws
    7. How Real Estate is Owned: Separate Entity Leasing Property to the Alcohol Operating Business

  3. Operational Issues

    1. Food and Drink Safety Regulations
    2. Licenses and Permits
    3. OSHA and Workers' Comp Considerations in the Manufacturing Context
    4. Employee Handbooks and Policies Where Alcohol is Involved
    5. Labeling
    6. Intellectual Property
    7. Advertising Laws Regarding Alcohol

  4. Key Contracts: Production, Sales, Distribution

    1. Essential Transactions, Contract Drafting
    2. Production/Manufacturing Laws and Regulations
    3. Distribution/Wholesaling
    4. Retail/Sales
    5. Tasting Licenses
    6. Franchising
    7. Hybrids: Manufacturing Businesses Having a Retail Space on Site (Tasting Rooms)
    8. Subscription Services, "Wine of the Month," and Other Direct-to-Consumer Shipping Models
    9. Interstate Distribution and State Laws Regarding Transporting Alcohol

  5. Tax Essentials

    1. Tax Considerations in Entity Selection 
    2. Taxation of Hybrid Manufacturing/Retail/Wholesale Businesses
    3. Tax Reporting Essentials

  6. Insurance and Liability Issues

  7. Buying/Selling an Alcohol Business: Valuation, Agreements, Negotiations, etc.

  8. Legal Ethics

    1. Attorney Fees, Engagement Agreements
    2. Guarding Confidentiality
    3. Fiduciary Liability
    4. Doing Business With Clients
    5. Data Security Considerations

Who Should Attend

This intermediate level online seminar is designed for the following professionals:

  • Attorneys
  • Accountants
  • Banking Professionals
  • Paralegals
  • Business Owners and Industry Professionals

Speakers

Tracy P Jong
Tracy P.
Jong
Evans & Fox LLP
Jacob A Piorkowski
Jacob A.
Piorkowski
The Tarantino Law Firm, LLP
Britt Patton
Britt
Patton
Rochester Prep Charter School
Speaker bio
Tracy P Jong

Tracy P. Jong

Evans & Fox LLP
Tracy Jong

is an attorney with Evans & Fox LLP. She is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Registration No. 56105), Western District and Southern District of New York (federal court), and New York State Bar Association. Ms. Jong practices in the areas of intellectual property and restaurant, winery and liquor law. She assists businesses in the licensing and renewal process, labeling and federal licensing issues, and representing them in violations/suspension cases before the State Liquor Authority. Ms. Jong is a member of the American, New York and Monroe County bar associations; Rochester Professional Consultants Group; Greater Rochester Area Women’s Bar Association; and Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association. She earned her B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and her J.D. degree from Touro College.

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Jacob A Piorkowski

Jacob A. Piorkowski

The Tarantino Law Firm, LLP
Jacob Piorkowski

is a partner with The Tarantino Law Firm, LLP, where he focuses his practice on the areas of personal injury, corporate transactions, and corporate litigation. Mr. Piorkowski represents those who have been injured as a result of motor vehicle accidents, labor/construction accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, and assaults. He also devotes a large portion of his practice to representing corporations in corporate formation, contract drafting and review, lease drafting and review, and the buying and selling of businesses. Mr. Piorkowski represents many bar and restaurant owners with matters concerning the New York State Liquor Authority. He is admitted to practice in New York, and before the Western District of New York Federal Court and Western District Bankruptcy Court. Mr. Piorkowski is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Erie County Bar Association. He earned his B.A. degree from the College at Brockport, his M.A. degree from the College at Brockport and his J.D. degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

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Britt Patton

Britt Patton

Rochester Prep Charter School
Britt Patton

is an attorney in the firm's health care and corporate departments, focusing her practice on health care entity formations and transactions. Ms. Patton also practices in the firm's agribusiness group, where she focuses on gaming, as well as food and beverage businesses. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as a prosecutor. In this position, Ms. Patton gained significant research and writing experience, as well as courtroom and litigation experience while managing multiple jurisdictional caseloads. She earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Nazareth College and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Albany Law School. Ms. Patton is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Monroe County Bar Association, Justinian Society and the Order of the Barristers.

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