In sure sign Illinois should be unveiling its proposed recreational marijuana law soon, bill about banking cannabis is finally being introduced.
It’s no secret, Illinois wants recreational use. The new Governor’s proposed 2020 Illinois budget...
Category: Licensing and Permits
Final briefs filed in 5th Circuit Texas ABC Challenge to Wal-Mart’s Commerce Clause win against prohibition of publicly traded corporations obtaining certain liquor licenses. (Bonus, we’ve got all the briefs for you.)
Back in November we wrote about the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Comission’s appeal challenging an...
U.S. files response in craft brewery’s First Amendment case for TTB’s failure to grant COLAs during shutdown; brewer replies (we’ve got the briefs – argument is this afternoon)
Recap: For those of you not following the fun, Atlas Brew Works out of...
Why craft brewer’s 1st Amendment lawsuit over the lack of COLAs during the shutdown is necessary and you should thank them; and how it might have been avoided.
In this article by the Washington Times on the matter (and in the complaint...
Wine consumers file crowdfunded amicus brief in Byrd (Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Assoc. v. Blair)
This is really cool, and my name’s on it. I’m pleased to report that...
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...
Wine consumers crowdsource funds to pay for an amicus brief. You can help Wine Freedom!
Wine Freedom – a website affiliated with the National Association of Wine Retailers is...
Wal-Mart is waging a different fight against irrational liquor laws in the Fifth Circuit that offers alternatives to Byrd. (With links to 5th Circ. Briefs)
A fundamental tenet of the of fairness under the Constitution is that the States...
Breweries, wineries, and distilleries: it is time to renew your FDA Food Facility Registration (or register if you’ve overlooked this important requirement) by December 31, 2018.
A polite reminder on this Friday – the Food and Drug Administration requires all...
Michigan court grants stay of injunction forcing Michigan to allow out-of-state retailers to sell wine directly to customers until Supreme Court Decides Byrd.
Judge Tarnow has granted a stay of his injunction in the Lebamoff case prohibiting...
Is it really a “tied-house” if your alcoholic beverage category isn’t sold by the retailer?
In a recent and interesting challenge to the three-tiered system’s prohibition on “tied-houses” a...
A call for analyzing the 3-tiered system? NJ Court says alcohol regulations need to be revisited in light of changing conditions
There’s an quote from Justice Holmes’ The Path of the Law that goes “[i]t...
