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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 579 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 866.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1446393,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363248,"identifier":"4.1-512","token":"4.1\/I\/5\/4.1-512","url":"\/4.1-512\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/4.1-512\/","token":"4.1\/I\/5\/4.1-512","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retaliatory action prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 4.1-512","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">brewery<\/span> shall not take retaliatory action against a wholesaler who files or manifests an intention to file a complaint of alleged violation of state or federal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or regulation by the <span class=\"dictionary\">brewery<\/span> with the appropriate state or federal regulatory or judicial <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>. 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Retaliatory action shall include, but is not\nlimited to, refusal without good cause to continue the agreement, or a material\nreduction in the amount and quality of service or quantity of products available\nto the wholesaler under the agreement.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 579, \u00a7 4-118.13; 1993, c. 866.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}