Competition for drive through daiquiris as alcoholic beverage delivery passes Louisiana legislature and heads to governor.
The buzz started last year when the Louisiana Retail Food and Beverage E-Commerce Task...
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Why do Illinois’s legislators hate its cities and towns and want to rush an alcohol delivery bill that hurts everyone except Chicago and their big-box retailer supporters? Here’s how they’re hurting you.
They’re looking to get a bill through committee by hastily amending it and then...
Here’s full audio of the 5th Circuit’s Wal-Mart v. Texas oral argument over Texas’s ban on publicly traded companies holding certain liquor licenses.
We’ve previously discussed and uploaded the briefs for you in this case Wal-Mart is...
Chicago doesn’t want to be a part of the dumb Illinois alcohol delivery bill its Representative proposed?
The post from Wednesday about an amended version of Senate Bill 54 – an odd...
Here’s how the Illinois legislature’s proposed alcohol delivery bill is about to hurt small retailers, bars, restaurants and consumers in favor of special interests
Caleb Whitmer’s recent National Review article assessing the nonsensical and anti-consumer state of alcohol...
Shipping company told you those damaged goods are on you? They might not be, so get ready to argue and get compensated.
The shipping terms for your deliveries and sales may not draw your attention until...
Considering using another’s trademark in a hashtag referencing your beverage without permission? Consider carefully.
A recent case is a decent reminder that using someone else’s trademark as a...
Trade group files challenge to rule that would effectively end tax substitution drawback benefit for wineries/wine importers. Bonus: We’ve got the complaint for you.
Richard Rubin reported on a new wine tax case in The Wall Street Journal...
*UPDATE* – Illinois bill allowing craft distillers greater freedom, self-distribution, and distilling “pubs” passes State House and on its way to State Senate.
Looks like this one has a good chance of passage. As we wrote about...
Even the dead have publicity rights. Don’t put images of famous people on your labels without their permission… or their estate’s.
“[W]hen an artist’s work has touched people so significantly, there are often usurpers that...
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...
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....
