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Effective today, there is a new face for Michigan Liquor Law! The updated website for Stariha & Brower, PLC, now contains all of the older blog posts from the old Michigan Michigan Law blog and will be the host of all future blog posts. The newest blog post is available here. If you are an […]
March 14, 2014
We apologize for the lack of significant updates this winter. I, Michael, the author of most of our posts, am opening a microbrewery in Muskegon, MI. It has been an eye-opening experience, learning about liquor laws from the side of the applicant (rather than simply acting as the attorney). By way of a shameless plug, […]
October 25, 2013
This summer was a busy one at Stariha & Brower, PLC, but we have continued to track liquor-related legislation on our Michigan Liquor Law website. To keep up-to-date on new bills, you can always check in here. With so many new bills floating around, we thought this would be a good opportunity to provide a […]
April 12, 2013
Just a quick note today – MLCC has updated several of their most commonly used forms. Although not every form has been updated, we recommending regularly checking MLCC’s form website for the most updated version of any forms that you may need. A few changes we have noted thus far: LCC-3011 – Application for New […]
February 26, 2013
In July, we posted an analysis of the ORR’s proposed changes to Michigan Liquor Law. With the recent proposal of Senate Bill 0216 of 2013, we are finally seeing some of those recommendations make their way into the legislative arena. We believe that this is a significant structural change to the Michigan Liquor Code, which […]
February 22, 2013
**This post has been superceded by a more recent post containing all of the same information, as well as further analysis. If you have been following this blog, you know that we were fairly excited with many of the recommendations made by the Advisory Rules Committee. Now, many months later, the Michigan Senate has proposed […]
February 8, 2013
As you may remember, the local approval process has undergone two changes in the past twelve months. The first change occurred last February. The second change occurred last June. Now, perhaps just to keep us on our toes, MLCC has changed the local approval process again. According to Licensing staff and supervisors, the current status […]
January 31, 2013
Local Approvals: Last June, we discussed the Commission’s decision to eliminate the local government approval requirement for transfers of on-premise licenses. In our eyes, this change is beneficial insofar as it has helped mitigate the delay caused by requiring local government/law enforcement approvals before the investigation stage of an application. While we do not expect […]
September 21, 2012
We are always looking for ways to use one of Jim’s favorite words, “poof.” Today, we have the perfect use: Effective this week, all non-renewed active or escrowed licenses have gone “poof.” Frankly, many late-renewing licensees were lucky insofar as it took longer than we expected (and longer than MLCC led us to believe). Per […]
July 9, 2012
***Once again, Jim and Michael apologize for the delay in fully addressing the ORR Recommendations. We strive to provide as many free resources as possible; sadly, free resources do not pay the bills. Our clients’ needs must take precedence, and that has been the case over the past week and a half. If you have […]
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