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Both the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC”) and the Department of Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) have made information available on their websites for alcohol beverage businesses (including producers, wholesalers, and retailers) seeking earthquake related information. Here are links to those bulletins: ABC’s Earthquake-Related Information for ABC Licensees TTB’s […]
With Sunday’s earthquake still fresh on people’s mind, members of the wine growing community gathered at Napa’s Meritage Resort & Spa for the North Bay Business Journal’s annual “Impact: Napa” conference. DP&F’s Richard Mendelson served as the moderator and DP&F was one of the two underwriters for the conference. Napa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Marc […]
Like many of our clients, DP&F’s Napa offices were damaged during Sunday’s earthquake. Although our attorneys now have full access to email and voice-mail, the best way to reach our non-attorneys is still over the phone. To contact us, please send your attorney an email or call 707.524.7000, and we’ll put you in touch with […]
As California’s severe drought deepens legislation moves upstream in Sacramento regarding groundwater. Historically the State of California has not had jurisdiction over groundwater, but with serious groundwater depletion issues in most of the key agricultural regions exacerbated by this historic drought, the current is now sweeping us all toward State oversight of this precious resource. […]
You have seen the signs all over California; they exist on parking garages, gas stations, office buildings and convenience stores: “Warning, this area contains a chemical known to cause cancer or birth defects.” These signs exist because of Prop 65, which California voters enacted in 1986. It was originally presented as a way to prevent […]