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New briefs filed in 6th Circuit out-of-state retailer direct wine shipping case with broad implications for alcohol delivery in the U.S. (Amazon of liquor… if Amazon wasn’t already registering in every state).

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December 5, 2019

Imagine being able to order whatever libation you wanted and having it delivered directly...

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Got that beer or wine for free and didn’t tell me in your review? Shame on you… New FTC Guidance on Social Media Disclosures for influencers.

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November 18, 2019

Beer Twitter, Wine Twitter (is that a thing?) beer Instagram, wine columnists, writers, reporters,...

UPDATE: Live broadcast of Mississippi wine shipping case oral argument moved to January 15 at 1:30 p.m. CST

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November 14, 2019

Yes, all apologies to those of you hoping to tune in yesterday to the...

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USDA issues much needed guidance on hemp production.

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November 5, 2019

The United States Department of Agriculture has released its initial guidance through an interim...

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New Lebamoff Illinois filings and the case proceeds to discovery. Here’s the most recent filings in the Illinois wine retailer shipping case.

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November 4, 2019

The slow march to realizing the impacts of the Tennessee Wine ruling will unfold...

Watch the Mississippi wine shipping case oral arguments live on November 13 at 1:30 p.m. CST

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October 14, 2019

Live telecast oral arguments may be a federal rarity, but MIssissippi is a bellwether...

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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Illinois Liquor Control Commission publishes informative FAQ for bars and breweries about Illinois’s new growler & crowler law.

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October 4, 2019

The good people over at the Illinois Liquor Control Commission – the entity responsible...

What questions should you ask about your advertising and labels before making them public?

Here’s the argument audio from the 8th Circuit’s alcoholic beverage advertising case. Advertisers won this by a mile. Oh, and did I mention there’s evidence in the record that 3-tier is useless and doesn’t protect the public?

Advertising / Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Brewpub / Cider / Craft Beer / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Regulations / Retailers / Statutes / Suits / Vineyard / Wine / Winemaking
September 27, 2019

You’ll recall this is the second appeal in this matter where a group of...

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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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Is it regulating manufacturing, or the sale to consumers? Michigan court refuses to enjoin law that prohibits a winery/cidery receiving a bonded transfer from selling the transferred wine/cider to consumers without further processing.

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September 18, 2019

A mischaracterization of what a Michigan statute regulates and what rights of a winery/cidery...

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Washington State appeals court overturns some trade practice regulations regarding price differentials to retailers. Court’s justification in favor of volume discounts may be helpful in challenging similar regulations in other states.

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September 17, 2019

In a blow against some restrictive trade practice regulations Washington’s Court of Appeals recently...

Category: Regulations

New briefs filed in 6th Circuit out-of-state retailer direct wine shipping case with broad implications for alcohol delivery in the U.S. (Amazon of liquor… if Amazon wasn’t already registering in every state).

Got that beer or wine for free and didn’t tell me in your review? Shame on you… New FTC Guidance on Social Media Disclosures for influencers.

UPDATE: Live broadcast of Mississippi wine shipping case oral argument moved to January 15 at 1:30 p.m. CST

USDA issues much needed guidance on hemp production.

New Lebamoff Illinois filings and the case proceeds to discovery. Here’s the most recent filings in the Illinois wine retailer shipping case.

Watch the Mississippi wine shipping case oral arguments live on November 13 at 1:30 p.m. CST

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.

Illinois Liquor Control Commission publishes informative FAQ for bars and breweries about Illinois’s new growler & crowler law.

Here’s the argument audio from the 8th Circuit’s alcoholic beverage advertising case. Advertisers won this by a mile. Oh, and did I mention there’s evidence in the record that 3-tier is useless and doesn’t protect the public?

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.

Is it regulating manufacturing, or the sale to consumers? Michigan court refuses to enjoin law that prohibits a winery/cidery receiving a bonded transfer from selling the transferred wine/cider to consumers without further processing.

Washington State appeals court overturns some trade practice regulations regarding price differentials to retailers. Court’s justification in favor of volume discounts may be helpful in challenging similar regulations in other states.

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