ILCC Introduces Forms For Brewers, Brewpubs, Distilling Pubs and Distillers to Obtain Approval Before Transferring Between Wholly Owned Operations.
For the past few iterations of amendments and creations for the Class 1, brewers...
Category: Beer
Recent updates to the Illinois Liquor Control Act, Part 1 of 2, Definitions, Class 3 Brewers, Self-Distribution, Alternating Premises Tap Rooms and more.
The Governor’s signature brought Public Act 102-0442 to life on August 20. The Act...
Maryland court rejects control test in interpreting whether a company is a “successor brewer” under beer franchise fair dealing act allowing termination of distribution agreement.
Beer wholesaler Frederick P. Winner, Ltd., sued Pabst Brewing Co. over Pabst’s termination of...
CANarchy wins challenge to Texas ABC statute over limits on brewery production sizes for direct from taproom “beer-to-go” sales based on a statutory construction resulting from poor legislative drafting.
CANarchy brought two challenges to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code’s 225,000 barrel cap on...
Here’s the oral argument audio in the Bacardi grains of paradise preemption case.
You can read about this case in our previous posts on it here, and...
Last day for bars and restaurants (and others) to apply for round-2 Illinois Business Interruption Grants h/t to the Hospitality Business Association of Chicago (links included)
Just got an important reminder from the Hospitality Business Association of Chicago. Today is...
Molson and Anheuser win full dismissal of Mountain Crest (Minhas) antitrust lawsuit.
You’ll recall that the court had recently dismissed this matter finding that Minhas’s second...
Hyperbolic complaint by a handful of perfect-scoring applicants stalls re-scoring efforts for those that didn’t receive fair scoring and notice in the ongoing first round of Illinois cannabis dispensary hopefuls.
Omitting facts rarely ends well for people, let alone attorneys. Likewise, disregarding the law...
Beer, wine, and liquor trade groups come out of the woodwork to file amicus petition to stomp expansive First Amendment protections and keep Bad Spaniel‘s from making their Jack Daniel’s parody dog toys. Bonus: we’ve got the briefs for you.
You’ll remember the fun of the 9th Circuit opinion in the VIP Products v....
Pabst loses latest bid to dismiss class action over claims Olympia beer misleads consumers into thinking its brewed from Olympia’s artesian waters. (Thank god for statutes of limitation or people would start suing because the beer came from Tumwater.)
When we last wrote about this case we discussed how Pabst, the maker of...
Court finds fine print requires dismissal of beer wholesaler’s insurance claims for spoiled beer wholesaler couldn’t sell on account of Disney’s COVID-19 closure. Hint: Disney’s closure caused the loss, not the COVID.
The plaintiff, a wine and beer distributor bought beer in accordance with its contract...
8th Circuit gives Missouri a hard-time in oral argument over important Commerce Clause wine (and beer and liquor) shipping case. Bonus: We’ve got the audio for you.
As one judge put it to the state during this oral argument – “The...
