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Amazon of liquor one step closer as Michigan files opening brief in 6th Circ. Commerce Clause appeal of injunction allowing out-of-state retailers to ship alcohol to residents like in-state retailers can.

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October 7, 2019

Back in October we wrote about Michigan’s Lebamoff decision and the win it represents...

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Federal Appeals Court reverses Walmart’s Commerce Clause win against Texas’s ban on public corporations holding liquor store licenses. Walmart requests en banc hearing.

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September 19, 2019

A three judge panel of the 5th Circuit ended Walmart’s recent Commerce Clause triumph....

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Court dismisses Commerce Clause challenge to California’s requirements for out-of-state wine importers and wholesalers for lack of clarity on what the challengers were complaining about.

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September 11, 2019

A Florida based wine importer, Orion Wine Imports, LLC and its owner brought an...

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Should administrative rules that keep paperwork down for alcohol regulatory agencies be enforced to the detriment of pricing to consumers? Massachusetts thinks so.

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July 29, 2019

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court just upheld the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission’s fine...

Complaint arguing federal preemption of state restrictions on bonded transfers (in-bond) transfers of alcohol between like producers.

New case challenging state efforts to restrict federally authorized bonded transfers arguing preemption could have vast implications for states prohibiting alcohol transfers in bond between producers like breweries, wineries, and distilleries.

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July 25, 2019

If you’re not following the excellent coverage of alcohol related issues over at Alcohol...

BREAKING: SCOTUS decides Tennessee v. Blair – invalidates residency requirements OPINION EMBEDDED BELOW – WIN FOR ACCESS AND CHOICE AND … FREEDOM!

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June 26, 2019

Obviously, more on the implications and opinoin later, but for now, enjoy! (here is...

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You and Illinois’s proposed Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Part 2 – the Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses available to current medical cannabis dispensing organizations and their right to secondary sites.

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May 23, 2019

A little something for everybody. That’s our take on the theme of the new...

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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

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May 1, 2019

Caleb Whitmer’s recent National Review article assessing the nonsensical and anti-consumer state of alcohol...

Farm wineries’ 8th Circuit Commerce Clause case challenges a state licensing law requiring their wines contain a majority of in-state grapes. BONUS: We’ve got the briefs and oral argument for you.

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April 17, 2019

Two Minnesota farm wineries brought a challenge to a Minnesota Farm Winery Act restriction...

Expansion of Illinois craft distilling laws

UPDATE – Illinois bill allowing craft distillers greater freedom, self-distribution, and distilling “pubs” passes State House and on its way to State Senate.

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April 16, 2019

Looks like this one has a good chance of passage. As we wrote about...

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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

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April 2, 2019

Back in November we wrote about the recent 7th circuit decision in Lebamoff v....

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Illinois updates proposed bill to allow craft distillers self-distribute, increase craft spirits production limits, sell other kinds of alcohol in “distilling pubs,” and warehouse off premises

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March 27, 2019

If special interests don’t try to kill the bills, Illinois could soon allow craft...

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Amazon of liquor one step closer as Michigan files opening brief in 6th Circ. Commerce Clause appeal of injunction allowing out-of-state retailers to ship alcohol to residents like in-state retailers can.

Federal Appeals Court reverses Walmart’s Commerce Clause win against Texas’s ban on public corporations holding liquor store licenses. Walmart requests en banc hearing.

Court dismisses Commerce Clause challenge to California’s requirements for out-of-state wine importers and wholesalers for lack of clarity on what the challengers were complaining about.

Should administrative rules that keep paperwork down for alcohol regulatory agencies be enforced to the detriment of pricing to consumers? Massachusetts thinks so.

New case challenging state efforts to restrict federally authorized bonded transfers arguing preemption could have vast implications for states prohibiting alcohol transfers in bond between producers like breweries, wineries, and distilleries.

BREAKING: SCOTUS decides Tennessee v. Blair – invalidates residency requirements OPINION EMBEDDED BELOW – WIN FOR ACCESS AND CHOICE AND … FREEDOM!

You and Illinois’s proposed Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Part 2 – the Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses available to current medical cannabis dispensing organizations and their right to secondary sites.

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

Farm wineries’ 8th Circuit Commerce Clause case challenges a state licensing law requiring their wines contain a majority of in-state grapes. BONUS: We’ve got the briefs and oral argument for you.

UPDATE – Illinois bill allowing craft distillers greater freedom, self-distribution, and distilling “pubs” passes State House and on its way to State Senate.

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

Illinois updates proposed bill to allow craft distillers self-distribute, increase craft spirits production limits, sell other kinds of alcohol in “distilling pubs,” and warehouse off premises

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