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Flaherty & O’Hara partners Kaitlynd Kruger and Tom Henry attended the National Restaurant Association Show 2022 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL from May 21 to 24, 2022. NRA is the largest annual gathering of foodservice professionals in the Western Hemisphere. Our expo booth showcased Evergreen Renewal Services, our custom-designed cloud-based software for license and permit renewals, with live demonstrations ...

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A patchwork of sometimes odd, sometimes quaint, often illogical alcohol-oriented statutes and localized regulations blossomed all over the United States in the 1930s; many provisions have not been updated since. In a recent commentary on The Legal Intelligencer, R.J. O’Hara of Flaherty & O’Hara surveys the range of ways that consumer preferences, societal and economic forces, and technology are changing ...

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Flaherty & O’Hara partners Kaitlynd Kruger and Tom Henry attended the NACS Show at McCormick Place in Chicago from October 6 to 8, 2021. The NACS Show is a conference and expo that brings together convenience and fuel retailing industry professionals for four days of learning, buying and selling, and networking. Evergreen Renewal Services, our custom-designed cloud-based software, was showcased ...

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Devastating. It is a word that is probably overused and overly dramatic. But as it applies to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol sales generally, and on restaurants and hotels in particular, it is an accurate and, yes, often used description. According to IWSR, the global beverage alcohol sales analysts, overall sales of alcohol were up slightly in ...

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Gov. Wolf signed HB 327 allowing licensed hotels and restaurants to start selling mixed drinks-to-go, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.  Here are some important parameters to be aware of: Mixed drinks can be sold from 7am – 11pm, daily (Sundays only with a Sunday Sales Permit). The mixed drink must be sold in a container with a secure lid.  If there is a ...

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Flaherty & O’Hara attorneys and staff are working from home in response to the coronavirus. Although we aren’t physically in our offices, we have remote access and procedures in place to ensure our business continues to be fully functional. Our focus remains keeping our employees safe, while maximizing our ability to meet our clients’ needs without interruption. As we navigate ...

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Flaherty & O’Hara is pleased and honored to attend and be an invited speaker at the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators (NCSLA) annual Southern Regional Conference in New Orleans, LA, the week of October 21, 2019. Our associate Eric Altpeter was on a panel discussing cannabis laws and their intersection with alcohol beverage laws […]

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Flaherty & O’Hara is pleased to have sponsored, attended and been a trade show participant in, and honored to have been invited to be a presenter at the annual conference of the National Association of Licensing & Compliance Professionals (NALCP or “Nalcap”) held in Denver, CO. October 15-18, 2019. R.J. O’Hara was a panel member […]

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Flaherty & O’Hara is pleased and honored to attend and be an invited panel member at CLE International Wine, Beer & Spirits annual conference in Charlotte, NC, September 16-17, 2019. Our partner R.J. O’Hara participated on a panel discussing the current status of direct-to-consumer shipping laws and relevant new legislation and case law, as well as the […]

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Flaherty & O’Hara is pleased and honored to attend and be an invited panel member at the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators’ annual Central-Western Regional Conference in Portland, OR, September 9-11, 2019. Our partner R.J. O’Hara participated on a panel discussing the character of possible future alcohol operations as they evolve over the next […]

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Flaherty & O’Hara is proud to announce they have joined Women of the Vine & Spirits as a Bronze Corporate Member. Partners Kaitlynd Kruger and Chris O’Hara and Associate Ellen Freeman have joined as Member Employees. Women of the Vine & Spirits (WOTVS) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to empowering and advancing women in […]

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Flaherty & O’Hara partners R.J. O’Hara and Kaitlynd Kruger, along with associate Ellen Freeman, attended the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators. The event was held at the Seelbach Hilton in Louisville, Kentucky from June 16th – 19th. R.J. O’Hara was invited to participate in one of the panels, “Facing the Reality of the ‘New […]

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Our partner, R.J. O’Hara, felt compelled to comment during the recent NABCA Legal Symposium, in response to a panel discussion on the pending Supreme Court decision in the Tennessee Retail Association case and, much to his surprise and delight, Eric Sheppard at Beer Marketer’s Insights picked up on it and mentioned R.J.’s comment in his […]

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We are excited that one of our partners, Stan Wolowski, was an invited panelist at the 2019 NABCA Legal Symposium earlier this week at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington / D.C. Stan, a former liquor violation prosecutor, presented a well-received presentation on the manner in which the PLCB and State Police Bureau of Liquor […]

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Flaherty & O’Hara, PC partners R.J. O’Hara and Stan Wolowski are excited to have been invited to participate in the Uniform Law Commission’s Study Committee on a possible model law for the direct shipment of spirits to consumers. A diverse group of Study Committee members representing a wide array of interests in the alcohol industry […]

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R.J. O’Hara attended the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral argument in the Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Zachary W. Blair, Tennessee Alcohol Beverage Commission on January 16, 2019, and is pleased to have had to opportunity to write an article on his thoughts on the arguments presented and issued examined by the Court during […]

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Well over a year ago the TTB received a two-year, multi-million dollar budget to conduct Tied House / Trade Practice investigations. Last week, after being out of operation for almost two months as a result of the government shutdown, the TTB flexed a little muscle in California, but suspending / penalizing several California wineries and […]

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“…since liquor licensing is a subset of administrative law, it is fraught with exceptions. For example, there are states that have a combined quota and direct issue system, depending on the sort of place that the applicant is attempting to license. California and Florida are such states. And in virtually all states, hotels are exempted […]

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Flaherty & O’Hara was honored to be featured in an interview with Keith Christy on his Philadelphia radio show, Restaurant Life. R.J. O’Hara and Stan Wolowski spoke with Keith about the history of Flaherty & O’Hara, the services that the firm provides, and the uniqueness of both the Firm and Pennsylvania Liquor Laws. Have a […]

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Flaherty & O’Hara thinks it is important not only for everyone to vote, but for everyone to have the opportunity, if they choose, to get involved in a campaign. We decided we should close on all election days to give our employees and partners the time to engage in the electoral process. Our decision to […]

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