Alcoholic beverage law represents a complex and challenging regulatory landscape; understanding these complexities is essential to protecting yourself and your business. Restaurants, individual managers, servers, and other hospitality professionals can face substantial civil and criminal liability for violations of alcoholic beverage statutes, and ignorance provides no legal defense.
This course teaches the specific details and associated risks of Tied House Laws and Dram Shop Laws, different liquor license types and their requirements, procedures for new account credit applications, and personal guarantee obligations. The course covers the most important California alcoholic beverage laws applicable to the industry while discussing how regulations differ across other states, allowing you to understand both local and national implications.