Illinois’ Hemp Deadline: Don’t Let Retailer Returns Become Your Warehouse Problem
Retailer returns could turn Illinois’ November 12 hemp deadline into a warehouse problem for...
Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Regulatory and Legal Updates
Coors’ Colorado Fight: What Beer Distributors Should Fix Before a Supplier Leaves
Coors’ Colorado dispute shows why beer distributors should negotiate termination payments, transfer deadlines, and interim relief together. Includes sample contract language preserving distributor remedies.
Hello Farms Seeks Rehearing Over the Sixth Circuit’s Cannabis Contract Escape Route
When we wrote about the Sixth Circuit’s cannabis contract decision last month, the concern...
What Tequila Brands Should Learn From the 818 Labeling Lawsuit
“100% agave” and “handcrafted” help explain why a tequila costs more. They also give...
Supreme Court Alcohol Shipping Case Cert Denied in Block v. Canepa
Ohio asked the Supreme Court to take up its fight over interstate wine shipping....
Before You Sign a Distribution Deal: Lessons from Arkansas’s Kirkland Signature Wine Case
When a legislature defines a word, courts should start with that definition. Justice Nicholas...
Beverage Cold Storage Clauses: Protect the Product—and the Proof
Beverage cold storage clauses should do more than name a temperature. They should assign...
When the State’s Liquor Warehouse Fails, Can Retailers Sue? A Mississippi Court Says Yes.
A failed software upgrade, 200,000 undelivered cases of alcohol, and a federal court decision...
TTB Gets the Permit Wrong—and the Distillery Pays the Price
An agency should not escape an otherwise valid negligence claim merely by sending a...
Same Bottle, Different Deal: What Southern Glazer’s FTC Settlement Means for Wholesalers
Part 2 of 2: The price-discrimination settlement. A wholesaler’s price book can show the...
Marketing Billbacks and Dirty Tricks: What Wholesalers Should Learn from Southern Glazer’s NPA
Part 1 of 2: The non-prosecution agreement. A supplier’s approval of a marketing billback...
Can a Beer Supplier Take Decades of Goodwill for Free? Coors’ 90-Day Fight
What good is a statutory right to cure a breach if a supplier can...
