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10th Circuit decision on lack of insurance coverage for wine collection means taking inventory and ensuring off-site purchased and stored collectible wines, spirits and beer may be best bet to ensure you’ll have coverage in case of a loss.

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September 5, 2019

A “Ponzi scheme for wine” – that’s how the government summarized the operations of...

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Briefing done in MillerCoors – Anheuser appeal and oral argument set. Bonus: We’ve got the briefs for you. And in the ongoing trial court case – Anheuser loses right to use “no corn syrup” packaging.

Advertising / Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Suits
September 4, 2019

Our last update on the ongoing corn syrup saga was that MillerCoors had appealed...

UPDATE Governor signs Illinois bill allowing bars and restaurants to fill growlers/crowlers and expanding brewpub rights. Let the beer flow.

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August 27, 2019

House Bill 3610 became an amalgam of rights for Illinois’s hospitality industry, combining an...

UPDATE Scotch Whisky Association drops lawsuit against Virginia Distillery Co., over Virginia-Highland whisky.

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August 22, 2019

Here’s the link to our previous piece about this suit over that Scotch Trooper...

Voluntary disclosure program for alcohol wholesalers and importers to report changes in control and proprietorship could be the chance you need to get compliant.

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August 19, 2019

Last year’s TTB suspension of Skokie Valley Beverage’s wholesaler’s permit which asserted the permit...

Don’t miss the Wine, Beer & Spirits Law Conference in Charlotte, NC

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August 16, 2019

Want to have a fun time in a great place surrounded by beverage lawyers?...

amazon of liquor? Mississippi wine shipping case could have big impacts for shipping alcohol to consumers

Briefing is done in that Mississippi wine shipping case that could result in “Amazon of liquor.” Here’s why you should be paying attention to it.

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August 15, 2019

Justice Gorsuch’s much vaunted “Amazon of liquor” comment from the oral argument on the...

Pictures from MillerCoors Summary Judgment Brief against Stone

MillerCoors v. Stone dispute draws near an end (hopefully) as both sides file for summary judgment. Bonus: We’ve got the briefs for you.

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August 14, 2019

To take Stone on face value, their claim is in earnest that: “If MillerCoors...

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Platform – the beer that recently sold to AB-Inbev – is in a trademark dispute with Bottle Logic over lightbulb marks for craft beer. What do you think?

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August 13, 2019

The recent reports that Ohio’s Platform Beer Co. has sold/partnererd with AB InBev aren’t...

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Court opinion shows the uphill battle beverage producers face in looking to claim health benefits for alcoholic products and finds that TTB regulations prohibiting those claims withstand First Amendment scrutiny.

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August 12, 2019

Bellion Spirits petitioned the TTB to make health statements about the positive effects of...

Court TOTALLY WRONG about why beer skunks… and it dismissed that Atlas lawsuit over TTB not processing COLAs during government shutdown.

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August 2, 2019

Let’s start with a matter of science and not the thoroughly drafted opinion denying...

Floodgates against state alcohol regulations are opening under Tennessee Retailers and dormant commerce clause

In first alcohol case citing Tennessee Retailers, 8th Circuit allows farm wineries challenge to Minnesota requirement for majority in-state wine ingredients. The floodgates for suits against state alcohol laws are opening.

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July 30, 2019

Mark Sorini over at the excellent alcohol policy and legal blog Alcohol Law Advisor...

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10th Circuit decision on lack of insurance coverage for wine collection means taking inventory and ensuring off-site purchased and stored collectible wines, spirits and beer may be best bet to ensure you’ll have coverage in case of a loss.

Briefing done in MillerCoors – Anheuser appeal and oral argument set. Bonus: We’ve got the briefs for you. And in the ongoing trial court case – Anheuser loses right to use “no corn syrup” packaging.

UPDATE Governor signs Illinois bill allowing bars and restaurants to fill growlers/crowlers and expanding brewpub rights. Let the beer flow.

UPDATE Scotch Whisky Association drops lawsuit against Virginia Distillery Co., over Virginia-Highland whisky.

Voluntary disclosure program for alcohol wholesalers and importers to report changes in control and proprietorship could be the chance you need to get compliant.

Don’t miss the Wine, Beer & Spirits Law Conference in Charlotte, NC

Briefing is done in that Mississippi wine shipping case that could result in “Amazon of liquor.” Here’s why you should be paying attention to it.

MillerCoors v. Stone dispute draws near an end (hopefully) as both sides file for summary judgment. Bonus: We’ve got the briefs for you.

Platform – the beer that recently sold to AB-Inbev – is in a trademark dispute with Bottle Logic over lightbulb marks for craft beer. What do you think?

Court opinion shows the uphill battle beverage producers face in looking to claim health benefits for alcoholic products and finds that TTB regulations prohibiting those claims withstand First Amendment scrutiny.

Court TOTALLY WRONG about why beer skunks… and it dismissed that Atlas lawsuit over TTB not processing COLAs during government shutdown.

In first alcohol case citing Tennessee Retailers, 8th Circuit allows farm wineries challenge to Minnesota requirement for majority in-state wine ingredients. The floodgates for suits against state alcohol laws are opening.

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