Total Wine requests 2nd Circuit en banc hearing in antitrust case over State’s post and hold and pricing alcohol laws
Total Wine (Connecticut Fine Wine & Spirits) brought a request to have their recent...
Category: Regulations
Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change distilled spirits standards of identity labeling practices? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 10)
Last time, in Part 9 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...
State high court rules it doesn’t take two to tango – finds craft beer wholesaler paying money is an “of value” pay-to-play violation, but retailer accepting same money is not
This case involves two decisions of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission that resulted...
Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change distilled spirits labeling practices? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 9)
Last time, in Part 8 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...
2nd Circuit finds post-and-hold pricing statute does not violate antitrust provisions absent an actual agreement not to lower prices for alcoholic beverages
Plainly, the 2nd Circuit has now differed from other Circuits and determined that a...
So you want to have your own Goose Island field goal challenge. A brief primer sweepstakes and skill contests.
The Goose Island field goal challenge took the “you can’t buy this kind of...
Remember that time Don Newcombe took on Coors over that Killian’s Red advertisement and advanced the cause of sports celebrities and the use of their likenesses?
The passing of civil rights pioneer Don Newcombe has stirred many kind tributes and...
Facing false advertising suit, Olympia Beer removed the words “pure mountain water” from its website. Does that help or hurt?
Olympia Beer is currently waiting for a court to decide if its various branding,...
Full video of U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing on access to banking services for the cannabis industry
The much reported Financial Services Committee’s hearing on banking services for the cannabis industry...
Challenges to discriminatory and protectionist liquor distribution and sales laws continue in spite of pending SCOTUS case as wine importing challenge in CA gets hearing on motion to dismiss
In a case that I was sure would be put off until after the...
Did you get a certificate of label approval before you registered your trademark? If not, it might be invalid.
We’ve covered this issue before (see below) but a recent case brings it to...
Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change more wine labeling practices? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 8)
Last time, in Part 7 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...
