Authorities alleging “of value” violations over pricing discounts still need to show discount threatens retailer independence and risks “tied-house” integration
You may want to think twice before just accepting a regulator’s assertion that a...
Category: Statutes
Illinois Supreme Court decision means Illinois breweries, wineries, and distilleries collecting employees’ fingerprints without advance consent may face lawsuits for big money
It’s the same with retinal scans, iris scans, voiceprints, palm prints, hand scans, face...
Court denies motion for First Amendment relief in TTB’s failure to approve COLAs during shutdown as moot
You guessed it. Atlas Brew Works Certificate of Label Approval COLA First Amendment Lawsuit...
First Amendment labeling suit to prohibit COLA enforcement during shutdown set for status today.
The lawsuit filed by Atlas Brew Works that we’ve been tracking here at Libation...
Modern Law Library interviews Nancy Maveety on her new book about the Supreme Court’s history with alcohol
The American Bar Association’s podcast, the Modern Law Library, has posted episode that alcohol...
What questions should you ask about your advertising and labels before making them public?
Beverage producers should take a lesson from the recent media hullabaloo over Hearst Communications’...
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...
BREAKING: We’ve got the oral argument audio in important SCOTUS liquor case for you – Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers v. Blair (Byrd)
Fresh from the United States Supreme Court here is the oral argument audio in...
What the new Illinois “of value” regulations say about tap takeovers and donations to charitable causes. (Illinois’s new “of value” standards Part 3.)
You can read and download the full text of the of new Illinois “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...
Updated: Oral Argument Transcript. It’s Byrd Day – 100 years to the day after the ratification of the 18th Amendment. Check back for oral argument transcripts this afternoon.
Exactly 100 years after the ratification of the 18th Amendment and one day before...
When is cleaning your beer lines not really cleaning? When it’s in Ohio, of course.
Decent semantic debates translate to crappy court rulings. And you know something odd is...
