Category: Retailers

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The out-of-state retailers arguing the Commerce Clause allows them to ship alcohol across state borders on par with in-state retailers that have the same privilege filed for Supreme Court review of the 6th Circuit Lebamoff decision. We’ve got the brief for you.

Retailers sought Supreme Court review of the Sixth Circuit’s 2020 Michigan shipping decision. Read the petition and the constitutional issues it presents.

Force Majeure Illinois Chicago bar and restaurant wins case to forestall rent payment against landlord in bankruptcy lease part 1

New case sides with Illinois bar and restaurant over rent decrease under force majeure clause during reduced operations under COVID-19 orders. Happened in the context of a bankruptcy, but the opinion contains valuable arguments and guidance that bars and restaurants should be aware of.

A 2020 Chicago bankruptcy opinion examines restaurant rent obligations under a force majeure clause after government orders limited operations.

Illinois bars restaurants dispensaries breweries, wineries, distributors distilleries liability for COVID-19 related injury to employees under new Illinois workers' compensation law amendments

New Illinois workers’ compensation law means almost every “essential business” now faces liability to its employees. Some possible protection for emplacing COVID-19 cleaning, safety and health restrictions – Illinois’s breweries, wineries, distilleries, bars, distributors, dispensaries, and restaurants included.

This 2020 review examines Illinois’ COVID workers’ compensation presumption and why beverage and hospitality employers should document safety measures.

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Here are the guidelines Illinois issued for bars and restaurants looking to re-open. Get familiar with them as a failure to meet these minimum standards could amount to trouble from regulators and grounds for liability from customers or employees that get sick.

Illinois’ May 2020 reopening guidance covers precautions for bars and restaurants, with links to state, federal, and industry safety materials.

Illinois allows cocktails to go illinois alcohol attorney chicago liquor attorney lawyer

New Illinois legislation allows bars and restaurants to sell cocktails to go, but for some reason, the act of drafting liquor legislation continues to be a hack-job. Do only glass containers work? What’s the work-around for brewpubs, tap rooms and distilling pubs?

A review of Illinois’ 2020 cocktails-to-go bill examines eligible licenses, container language, and questions for brewpubs, taprooms, and distilling pubs.