Indiana’s prohibition of joint beer/spirits distribution upheld but did the court leave open the ability to try a different challenge?
An Indiana federal district court has ruled that Indiana’s law prohibiting a delivery company...
Category: Distribution
Are you ready for Illinois’s new of value regulations for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of beer, wine, and spirits?
The Illinois Liquor Control Commission has adopted new regulations governing and addressing of value...
Illinois court renews drivers’ challenge to beer distributor’s program of deducting cost of stale beer left on shelves from drivers’ commissions – distributor’s arguments claim stale beer rotation is a health/safety/welfare issue.
It’s great to see a distributor living up to its distribution agreement obligations –...
Is it time to rethink the blanket prohibition on tie-in sales so Black Friday releases can continually be held at the same retailers?
The question in the United States Supreme Court’s 1957 Black vs. Magnolia Liquor Company...
Illinois has held no written notice is required to terminate a beer distribution agreement for a distributor’s failure to timely pay for beer upon demand in accordance with the Illinois Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act.
Every once in awhile we like to post about a throw-back case that’s important...
Federal Court finds merit in argument against advertising laws meant to promote three-tiered system; allowing distillers, wineries, and breweries to operate tap rooms or sell at retail on their premises wholly abandons the argument that statute prohibits commingling between three-tiered system.
There’s an interesting bit in Richard Branson’s autobiography, “Losing my Virginity” where he discusses...
Some tips on implementing a compliant freshness pull-date reimbursement or exchange program that isn’t a consignment violation.
Drinkers love fresh beer so much that they go so far as to open...
Liquor distributor loses appeal against illegal importers for civil R.I.C.O. damages on lost sales where bootleggers’ primary goal was not paying taxes.
The opinion in Empire Merchants, LLC v. Reliable Churchill et al. (embedded below), tells...
Read what the USMCA has in store for U.S. craft beer, wine, and distilled spirits – it’s great for brewers, vintners, and distillers.
The “Alcohol Annex” to the new United States-Canada-Mexico Trade Deal that replaces NAFTA is...
3-tiers crumbling? Michigan forced to allow out-of-state wine retailers to ship direct; avoiding Michigan’s 3-tier system.
The slow dismantling of protectionist state statutes prohibiting interstate shipment of alcohol advances....
Wisconsin court says beer distributors must arbitrate each other over fair value of distribution rights even when they don’t timely file.
Wisconsin is one of several states with a beer franchise law that allows brewers...
Wisconsin SC finds “good cause” isn’t required to terminate wine distribution agreements
The Governor of Wisconsin has a partial veto power that comes from the state...
