Court finds craft brewer’s label protected by free speech, state regulation of label content unconstitutional (yes, it’s Flying Dog… again)
Flying Dog Brewery has long been known for its Ralph Steadman label artwork. Steadman...
Category: Suits
A welcome opinion based on common sense trademark analysis as Molson Coors wins fizzy hard seltzer name argument against Brizzy maker at 5th Circuit.
The saga over “fizzy” named hard seltzers Brizzy and Vizzy added another chapter in...
States’ measures to favor in-state residents in cannabis licensing are the new Commerce Clause battleground.
Back in May of this year the Commerce Clause provided a substantial victory for...
Molson and Anheuser win full dismissal of Mountain Crest (Minhas) antitrust lawsuit.
You’ll recall that the court had recently dismissed this matter finding that Minhas’s second...
Pabst loses latest bid to dismiss class action over claims Olympia beer misleads consumers into thinking its brewed from Olympia’s artesian waters. (Thank god for statutes of limitation or people would start suing because the beer came from Tumwater.)
When we last wrote about this case we discussed how Pabst, the maker of...
8th Circuit gives Missouri a hard-time in oral argument over important Commerce Clause wine (and beer and liquor) shipping case. Bonus: We’ve got the audio for you.
As one judge put it to the state during this oral argument – “The...
Appellate Court confirms reversal on years of bowling alley oppression. So now what’s the difference between a bowling alley and a bowling center? Playing pool near the bar – if you’re under 21 and in Wisconsin.
Here’s a great case from behind the cheddar curtain. You know, the state where...
False advertising lawsuit against Anheuser claims “RITA” cocktails and spritzers misrepresent source of alcohol.
Citing to dictionary definitions of “margarita,” “mojito,” “rose,” and “spritz,” a group of Anheuser-Busch-Rita-beverage-buying...
Farm wineries win as court declares Minnesota law mandating use of majority in-state wine ingredients in wines made by farm wineries facially unconstitutional in light of SCOTUS Dormant Commerce Clause jurisprudence. Bonus: we’ve got the briefs for you.
A pair of farm wineries challenged a portion of Minnesota’s farm winery law that...
California AG files forceful response in fight against DEA over subpoena for cannabis licensees’ confidential information from state marijuana regulators.
This fight has the industry on the edge of its chair. It involves the...
Spoiled wine complaint for cooked wine in a shipping container good example of altering allegations for claims governed by the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act.
This case involves a shipment of spoiled wine – potentially “cooked” wine – the...
The Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act isn’t the boon for state enforcement of antiquated and Commerce Clause violating direct shipping restrictions that regulators might think it is. These Ohio alcohol shipping cases are about to show that.
An Ohio Federal Court has marked two wine shipping cases as related. One suit...
