Initial briefs filed in Mississippi direct wine shipping case. BONUS – we’ve got the briefs for you.
The ongoing dispute in Mississippi between the state’s Attorney General and several companies that...
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Ignoring the circling Byrd, Court denies Missouri citizens the right to receive direct wine shipments from out-of-state retailers citing Southern Wine and Spirits precedent
Back in November we wrote about the recent 7th circuit decision in Lebamoff v....
Expansion coming to Illinois brewpub rights (but not contract brewing) as brewpub brewing limit sharing bill passes Illinois House. *UPDATED*
An improvement for Illinois brewpub operators from Chicago to Effingham just passed the Illinois...
MillerCoors beats Stone’s preliminary injunction and attempt to dismiss MillerCoors counterclaims. So Stone releases statement saying it’s a good thing…
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock back in February of 2018 Stone...
Do you have a decent employment agreement regarding confidential information? You might take a lesson from this Anheuser-Busch case and get one to protect your trade secrets.
This case all stems from that kerfuffle a few years back regarding the variation...
Argument about lack of distributor services may help in establishing shorter UCC statute of limitations for breach of your alcohol distribution agreement
The statute of limitations on a breach of a liquor distribution agreement received some...
Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change beer/malt beverages allowable alcohol content statement tolerances, and allow for different contract brewers to list all locations a beer is made? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 12)
Yesterday, in Part 11 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176” –...
Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change beer/malt beverages definitions, and COLA and labeling standards? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 11)
Last time, in Part 10 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...
Supreme Court holds you’ll need to obtain registration of your copyright in order to protect that awesome label art and witty copy
We’ve written on many occasions about the benefits and added protections of copyrighting your...
Total Wine requests 2nd Circuit en banc hearing in antitrust case over State’s post and hold and pricing alcohol laws
Total Wine (Connecticut Fine Wine & Spirits) brought a request to have their recent...
Can hashtags promoting your beverage create liability in the same way other advertising content can? #YouBet
A recent closing letter from the Federal Trade Commission has shed some light on...
State high court rules it doesn’t take two to tango – finds craft beer wholesaler paying money is an “of value” pay-to-play violation, but retailer accepting same money is not
This case involves two decisions of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission that resulted...
