No rehearing for 6th Circuit out-of-state retailer alcoholic beverage shipping case. Other Federal Appellate Court Circuit cases continue.
There are similar suits winding their way through different District and Appellate Courts at...
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Here are the guidelines Illinois issued for bars and restaurants looking to re-open. Get familiar with them as a failure to meet these minimum standards could amount to trouble from regulators and grounds for liability from customers or employees that get sick.
As part of Illinois’s path to re-opening those businesses shut-down or limited by Illinois’s...
New Illinois legislation allows bars and restaurants to sell cocktails to go, but for some reason, the act of drafting liquor legislation continues to be a hack-job. Do only glass containers work? What’s the work-around for brewpubs, tap rooms and distilling pubs?
The State of Illinois passed a bill expanding alcoholic beverage consumption options in its...
CDC quietly releases informative and instructional guidance for bars (taprooms and tasting rooms) and restaurants reopening during COVID-19 crisis. You should familiarize yourself with this latest information if you’re looking to reopen.
We recently posted about a CDC advice document for bars and restaurants reopening that...
PPP loan forgiveness application published – familiarize yourself with what you need to know to get your PPP loan forgiven. Application instructions are the best guidance so far about applying the criteria and achieving forgiveness. Also, forms confirm businesses want to document employee’s refusal to accept re-hiring and keep other required documentation.
SBA and the Treasury have released the loan forgiveness application for the Paycheck Protection...
Indiana alcohol regulatory body enjoined from enforcing in-state residency requirements for packaged liquor retailer licenses. Tennessee Wine applied means some regular state arguments for statutory justification must be rejected and cannot satisfy health and safety analysis. Bonus: we’ve got the docs for you.
Upholding the rulings of Granholm and Tennessee Wine, A Federal Court in Indiana has...
TTB provides insight for tax relief and destruction of unmerchantable beer; also changes some trade practice policies for craft distillers, craft brewers, wholesalers, bars and wineries during COVID-19.
Through a series of FAQs regarding the processes for the destruction of beer and...
OSHA has COVID-19 guidelines for bars and restaurants – adding to the manufacturing and delivery ones that brewers, vintners and distillers should read.
OSHA has released guidelines for bars and restaurants serving the public through takeout or...
Things you should know to get the principal of your business’s SBA PPP loan forgiven. Here are the key points from the CARES Act and associated guidance for achieving forgiveness.
The myriad of updates and issues raised regarding the SBA’s PPP and forgiveness of...
6th Circuit rules in favor of 3-tier system blocking access to out-of-state liquor retailers in Michigan case looking to allow out-of-state retailers to deliver to in-state consumers where in-staters have that privilege.
In case you don’t want to read through this, the majority of the reasoning...
How bars, restaurants, and other hospitality businesses are arguing that their business interruption insurance does cover COVID-19 related shut-downs and their insurance companies were wrong to deny claims.
In the past few weeks we’ve seen plenty of bars, restaurants and other hospitality...
Kentucky’s new law allowing breweries, distilleries and wineries to ship direct to consumers all over the U.S. should be the model for the country. But special interests that want to keep consumers paying more for alcohol and limit choice to protect their fiefdoms will try to stop people from achieving this freedom.
Kentucky HB 415 became law last week following passage by the Kentucky General Assembly...
