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- For some matters, it may be advisable to seek the help of an affiliated or unaffiliated professional (such as a lawyer or consultant). In any such case we will let you know beforehand and take reasonable precautions to avoid conflicts of interest, keep your matters confidential, and ensure that the matter is handled by a professional expert. For example, we handle many trademark and contract matters in concert with Lee A. Handford (Attorney, Of Counsel), as set forth on our website. In such instances one firm would share information and compensation with the other in order to provide high quality, specialized legal services at a reasonable fee. Both firms would ensure strict confidentiality and ensure that you pay no more than what it would cost to hire the firms individually.
- We will generally send bills by email (pdf). Please advise if your preference is otherwise. We will send bills only when there is recent activity or a non-zero balance.
- For example, $40 for basic labels and $150 for basic formulas. The $40 label fee is the base rate per label set. For companies that send us more than 100 label sets per calendar year, and submit a request to us within 60 days of year end, we will credit back 12.5% of the base rate per label set.
- We will notify you at least 30 days prior to any rate changes; we will do so by updating the rate chart at www.bevlaw.com/rates.php and by way of a notice on one or more bills preceding the change.
- This assumes good client cooperation and a norm of about 8-12 hours of work on our part. If it takes substantially more time to get the permit, through no fault of ours, we may let you know and charge the additional, actual time (beyond 12 hours) at our normal, prevailing, hourly rates (for example, many requests to the client to get the needed information, or past law enforcement issues). There is no government fee and there is no extra fee for adding extra commodities (e.g., beer, wine, spirits) or functions to the initial application (wholesaler versus importer). There is an extra fee of $150 for each owner beyond five, and/or each owner who is not a U.S. citizen or who has lived outside the U.S. in the past 10 years.
- We accept payment by check, credit card, wire, or via web at www.bevlaw.com/payment-options.
- If you know of any conflicts or potential conflicts between your company/brand(s) and other companies or brands, please let us know. Relatedly, the firm (or its members, employees, affiliates) may have an equity interest in one or more alcohol beverage companies or brands. To the extent any such company or brand is a direct, major competitor with your company or brand, it is our obligation to disclose the nature of this interest, to you (see DC Bar Ethics Opinion 300). To the extent you are concerned about this, additional details are available upon request. In other ethics matters, the firm maintains a blog at www.bevlaw.com/bevlog. The blog covers various industry and legal matters; we acknowledge and accept that it is our responsibility to refrain from covering any client’s confidential or non-public information without that client’s informed and explicit consent.