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...
Category: Brewery
Winery raising funds without allegedly disclosing that it hadn’t received licensure yet nets ex parte cease-and-desist order from state regulators. A cautionary lesson for wineries, breweries, and distilleries raising start-up capital.
The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation recently issued an ex parte cease-and-desist order to...
Bell’s Brewery wins order forcing beer distributor to arbitration in one of several continuing disputes over the brewer’s decision to exit an entire state (not the first time it’s done that). Bonus: we’ve got the docs and contracts for you.
Bell’s Brewery is racking up wins for brewers’ rights to obtain arbitration where agreements...
What does the Illinois Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act say about a distributor assigning my distribution agreement (“selling my brand rights”) to another wholesaler and what recourse does a craft brewer have in that situation?
We’ve written quite a bit over the years about Illinois’ beer franchise statute –...
The scariest thing about the TTB / Anheuser-Busch offer in compromise and suspension agreement over sponsorship and advertising practices is what wasn’t written… assertions of verbal agreements require vigorous enforcement.
For a week or two now #beerlaw twitter has been writing about the record...
Chicago bars lacking outdoor seating or food ordered shut for indoor service… again. It’s time to offer them funds for damages caused by these unfounded decisions about closing – there’s an interesting bill from New Jersey that offers some good insight about why and how to do that.
Chicago liquor licensees without access to outdoor seating are ordered shuttered for indoor service...
Bars, restaurants, and wineries, breweries, and distilleries with tap rooms should look to hospitality wins like this recent cruise industry defeat of COVID-19 “fear” and “proximity” cases for lessons and guidance on what to expect in upcoming coronavirus cases.
Yes, expect it. Even with many states passing or considering COVID-19 protections for businesses...
A guide to labeling your non-alcoholic beer. Rather, to labeling non-alcoholic malt beverages, brews, near beer, cereal beverages or whatever you choose to call it… Please just don’t call it “beer, ale, porter, lager, or stout.”
What should you know about labeling your non-alcoholic beer? Well, the first thing is...
Heaven Hill Distilleries seizure of heavenhlll.com good lesson on how to protect your craft spirits, craft beer, cannabis and wine brand from typosquatting or cybersquatting
Heaven Hill Distilleries recent win against a typosquatter holding heavenhlll.com provides a textbook example...
Craft Distiller seeking Tough Town trademark for its hand sanitizer takes on bullish craft brewer Kings & Convicts (yes, the one involved in buying Ballast Point) claiming sanitizer mark is barred by brewer’s Toughtown craft beer mark.
Apparently Teddy Roosevelt visited Highwood Illinois a century ago and called it one of...
New Illinois workers’ compensation law means almost every “essential business” now faces liability to its employees. Some possible protection for emplacing COVID-19 cleaning, safety and health restrictions – Illinois’s breweries, wineries, distilleries, bars, distributors, dispensaries, and restaurants included.
The Illinois legislature has passed a bill that codifies the previously invalidated workers’ compensation...
The @ILLiquorControl issues updated FAQ for tasting rooms, taprooms, bars, restaurants on limited operations during this phase of re-opening.
On Friday, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission issued an FAQ geared at implementing the...
