Photographer’s win against wine retailer good reminder that you should ensure you have rights to pictures you use in advertisements.
The plaintiff in this case is a professional photographer whose work is registered with...
Category: Beer
Wine enthusiast? Liquor retailer? Today at 1:30 CST, watch the Mississippi direct wine shipping oral arguments live! Bonus: we’ve got the link and the video.
That’s right, the oral arguments in this historic wine shipping case involving the rights...
Flavored vodka lipstick trademark dispute between Jim Beam and Johnny Love has 2nd oral argument at 9th Circuit. Bonus: We’ve got the video for you.
The Ninth Circuit heard argument on the trademark dispute that Jim Beam, the maker...
In blow to three-tier restrictions, 8th Circuit rules state alcohol advertising laws violate the First Amendment.
We called this a while back for the broadcasters, producers, and distributors challenging Missouri’s...
Suit against medicinal chocolate maker good reminder that mistakes on your labels over ABV%, THC, or CBD content are an invitation to a lawsuit, regardless of your intent.
Craft and nascent industry producers and manufacturers rarely face the realities of consumer fraud...
Jason Mraz sues MillerCoors over 13 seconds of video that MillerCoors took down after he objected.
In a profound lesson to include choice of counsel and defense obligations in your...
Illinois’s Liquor Control Commission solicits comments on newly proposed rules for liquor retailers addressing quantity discounting, cooperative purchasing, coupons, and rebates for Illinois’s beer, wine, and spirits businesses.
The December 20, 2019, copy of the Illinois Register contains an end-of-year present for...
Here are the docs so far in that lawsuit against Bacardi over using grains of paradise in drinks in violation of an archaic 150-year old Florida law over alcohol adulteration.
Kudos to the Miami Herald for the deep dive on the history of the...
Connecticut Fine Wines requests U.S. Supreme Court review denial of its antitrust suit over post-and-hold, volume discount and minimum pricing restrictions.
You can read the petition for certiorari here. You saw this coming as the...
New briefs filed in 6th Circuit out-of-state retailer direct wine shipping case with broad implications for alcohol delivery in the U.S. (Amazon of liquor… if Amazon wasn’t already registering in every state).
Imagine being able to order whatever libation you wanted and having it delivered directly...
Spirits distributor survives Jӓgermeister’s bid for second dismissal in Missouri distribution franchise law dispute.
Back in March we reported on Jӓgermeister’s successful bid to dismiss a lawsuit that...
“Ingredient” doesn’t mean “ingredient” and “in” doesn’t mean “in” when stating corn syrup is an “ingredient” “in” Miller Lite and Coors Light.
It should amuse you to no end that the legal pleadings in this case...
