Dallas Law January 1, 2023

Dallas Law January 1, 2023 Beginning January 1, 2023 Dallas’s Law, named after the late Dallas Barrett who died in 2021 after an altercation with security guards in a bar in Nashville’s Lower Broadway area, will go into effect. This law will require enhanced training...
Bartender Guilty After Guy Downs 56 Shots, Dies

Bartender Guilty After Guy Downs 56 Shots, Dies

A bartender in France has been handed a four-month suspended sentence for manslaughter after a patron fatally threw back 56 shots to break his bar’s record, AFP reports. Renaud Prudhomme, 56—and weighing 260 pounds, per the Local—was helped home from Starter bar...
Repeat DUI offenders: Can they be stopped?

Repeat DUI offenders: Can they be stopped?

At first glance, Ronald Lewallen’s six-year prison sentence for drunken driving may appear harsh. Other East Tennessee defendants have drawn much lighter punishments. In Sevierville, for example, a man who was drunk when he killed a high school baseball coach...
DUI case dropped, KPD officer still on the job despite admission of drinking and driving

2021 TABC Law Changes

Each year, the General Assembly makes various changes to laws impacting the alcoholic beverage industry. Below, you will find several bullet point summaries of provisions found in this year’s passed legislation. For your convenience, there is a clickable link to each...