Category: Distilled Spirits

Court finds TTB label approval does not preclude Lanham Act false advertising claims in dispute between two brands looking to claim status as the “First African-American Owned Distillery in Kentucky.”

Advertising / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Suits
April 24, 2023

Every once in a while competing alcohol brands will get involved in a dispute...

Selling alcoholic beverages in Illinois? Retailers, wholesalers, distilleries, breweries and wineries should get familiar with the soon-to-be new rule regarding alcoholic beverage promotions involving coupons and rebates; scan backs are prohibited.

Advertising / Bars / Beer / Brewery / Chicago / Craft Beer / Craft Distiller / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distribution / Regulations / Retailers / Sales / Tavern / Wine / Winemaking
June 20, 2022

Following an initial first-round publication (now edited) and two rounds of comments (here and...

Court finds state’s prohibition on exclusive liquor distribution agreements for out-of-state distillers violates Commerce Clause so state eliminates exclusivity.

Craft Distiller / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Distribution / Distribution Agreements / Wholesalers
May 23, 2022

Out-of-state spirits producers do not enjoy the same rights as in-state producers in Minnesota...

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ILCC Introduces Forms For Brewers, Brewpubs, Distilling Pubs and Distillers to Obtain Approval Before Transferring Between Wholly Owned Operations.

Beer / Brewery / Craft Beer / Craft Distiller / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Illinois Liquor Control Commission / Regulations / Statutes
November 9, 2021

For the past few iterations of amendments and creations for the Class 1, brewers...

amendments to Illinois liquor Control Act

Recent updates to the Illinois Liquor Control Act, Part 1 of 2, Definitions, Class 3 Brewers, Self-Distribution, Alternating Premises Tap Rooms and more.

Bars / Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Brewpub / Craft Beer / Craft Distiller / Delivery and Shipping / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Distribution / Regulations / Retailers / Sales / Statutes / Vineyard / Wine / Winemaking
November 8, 2021

The Governor’s signature brought Public Act 102-0442 to life on August 20. The Act...

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Here’s the oral argument audio in the Bacardi grains of paradise preemption case.

Beer / Brewery / Craft Beer / Craft Distiller / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / FDA / Regulations / Sales / Wine
February 10, 2021

You can read about this case in our previous posts on it here, and...

SCOTUS denies Wal-Mart’s petition for cert. over Texas ban keeping public corporations from holding retail liquor licenses

Commerce Clause / Distilled Spirits / Retailers
November 24, 2020

Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari that Wal-Mart had filed in...

8th Circuit gives Missouri a hard-time in oral argument over important Commerce Clause wine (and beer and liquor) shipping case. Bonus: We’ve got the audio for you.

Beer / Commerce Clause / Distilled Spirits / Retailers / Statutes / Suits / Wine
September 24, 2020

As one judge put it to the state during this oral argument – “The...

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Briefing complete in distiller’s state food safety vs. federal regulatory allowance preemption suit over grains of paradise used in Bacardi’s Bombay Sapphire gin. Bonus: we’ve got the briefs for you.

Advertising / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / FDA / Preemption / Regulations
August 31, 2020

A beef in Florida over an ancient state food purity law’s right to beat...

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.

Advertising / Bars / Beer / Brewery / Craft Beer / Craft Distiller / Distilled Spirits / Regulations / TTB / Wine
July 28, 2020

For a week or two now #beerlaw twitter has been writing about the record...

The Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act isn’t the boon for state enforcement of antiquated and Commerce Clause violating direct shipping restrictions that regulators might think it is. These Ohio alcohol shipping cases are about to show that.

Beer / Cider / Commerce Clause / Craft Beer / Delivery and Shipping / Direct Shipping / Distilled Spirits / Regulations / Statutes / Suits / Wine
July 27, 2020

An Ohio Federal Court has marked two wine shipping cases as related. One suit...

SCOTUS orders Texas to respond to Walmart cert petition over in-state liquor licensing requirements against public companies selling distilled spirits. We may yet have some good alcohol-related cases this term.

Commerce Clause / Distilled Spirits / Retailers / Statutes / Suits
July 24, 2020

Walmart has been leading a charge against a Texas alcohol law that prohibits many...

Category: Distilled Spirits

Court finds TTB label approval does not preclude Lanham Act false advertising claims in dispute between two brands looking to claim status as the “First African-American Owned Distillery in Kentucky.”

Selling alcoholic beverages in Illinois? Retailers, wholesalers, distilleries, breweries and wineries should get familiar with the soon-to-be new rule regarding alcoholic beverage promotions involving coupons and rebates; scan backs are prohibited.

Court finds state’s prohibition on exclusive liquor distribution agreements for out-of-state distillers violates Commerce Clause so state eliminates exclusivity.

ILCC Introduces Forms For Brewers, Brewpubs, Distilling Pubs and Distillers to Obtain Approval Before Transferring Between Wholly Owned Operations.

Recent updates to the Illinois Liquor Control Act, Part 1 of 2, Definitions, Class 3 Brewers, Self-Distribution, Alternating Premises Tap Rooms and more.

Here’s the oral argument audio in the Bacardi grains of paradise preemption case.

SCOTUS denies Wal-Mart’s petition for cert. over Texas ban keeping public corporations from holding retail liquor licenses

8th Circuit gives Missouri a hard-time in oral argument over important Commerce Clause wine (and beer and liquor) shipping case. Bonus: We’ve got the audio for you.

Briefing complete in distiller’s state food safety vs. federal regulatory allowance preemption suit over grains of paradise used in Bacardi’s Bombay Sapphire gin. Bonus: we’ve got the briefs for you.

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.

The Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act isn’t the boon for state enforcement of antiquated and Commerce Clause violating direct shipping restrictions that regulators might think it is. These Ohio alcohol shipping cases are about to show that.

SCOTUS orders Texas to respond to Walmart cert petition over in-state liquor licensing requirements against public companies selling distilled spirits. We may yet have some good alcohol-related cases this term.

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