UPDATE: Illinois and Indiana are now COVID-19 Eligible Disaster Areas for purposes of the SBA emergency loans.
You can read our post on this and applying for these emergency loans from earlier...
Category: Vineyard
Here’s some information to help your brewery/winery/distillery/bar/restaurant/distributorship be ready for obtaining emergency loans from the SBA and updated information on which states have approved them so far (link to SBA website in post)
I’m lucky enough to know some smart people. One of them is an excellent...
Here is Chicago’s FAQ on food and liquor licensees’ ability to deliver and sell to-go during the state imposed ban of on-premise consumption.
In addition to the state guidance and ban that Illinois liquor licensees can to...
Here’s the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s recent guidance regarding limited operations for delivery and to-go sales during enforcement the Executive Order terminating on-premise consumption at bars and restaurants through March 30.
Drinking a beer, wine, or spirit in a bar or restaurant is currently on...
UPDATE – Illinois posts executive order shuttering on-premise service from bars and restaurants.
The executive action we wrote about yesterday has an accompanying executive order which, given...
BREAKING! Illinois orders all bars and restaurants closed to dine-in customers beginning at the end of business March 16 and remain closed through March 30.
This afternoon Governor Pritzker announced the unprecedented step of closing all bars and restaurants...
Important information for Illinois bars and restaurants – Illinois Liquor Control Commission (@ILLiquorControl) issues guidance for return of alcohol purchased for cancelled St. Patrick’s Day parades. But act quickly!
Illinois liquor lawyers should pass this around to their bar and restaurant clients. The...
Religious freedom includes the right to make wine and beer. Illinois county board settles suit under Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act allowing a Catholic organization a brewery and winery. Court lambastes objectors’ religious animus.
Here are the facts from the court’s order. The Plaintiff Fraternité Notre Dame, Inc....
In bad result for alcohol wholesalers, Delaware spirits distributor loses argument that franchise law created enforceable exclusive distribution contract where alcohol was purchased on invoice and no oral or written agreement set a quantity of goods to be purchased.
Following a trial over claims of an alleged exclusive oral distribution agreement under Delaware’s...
FTC waits for #beertwitter to chime in: Public comment solicited for endorsement guides (the ones that require you tell me you got that beer or wine for free with the expectation you were going to post about it).
The Federal Trade Commission is looking for public input on whether it should modify...
Briefing completed in 8th Circuit case about out-of-state retailers shipping alcoholic beverages direct to in-state consumers [Missouri]. Mirrors ongoing challenges in 7th and 6th Circuits. Bonus: we’ve got the briefs for you.
We’ve yet to see any compelling arguments from States looking to protect their in-state...
State court rules spirits company cannot terminate distribution agreement absent event of default – agreement with no defined time period is not terminable at will and lasts forever. Bonus: We’ve got the docs for you.
Few Spirits (fun fact, the F.E.W. stands for Francis Elizabeth Willard president and founder...
