Connecticut Fine Wines requests U.S. Supreme Court review denial of its antitrust suit over post-and-hold, volume discount and minimum pricing restrictions.
You can read the petition for certiorari here. You saw this coming as the...
Category: Wine
New briefs filed in 6th Circuit out-of-state retailer direct wine shipping case with broad implications for alcohol delivery in the U.S. (Amazon of liquor… if Amazon wasn’t already registering in every state).
Imagine being able to order whatever libation you wanted and having it delivered directly...
Spirits distributor survives Jӓgermeister’s bid for second dismissal in Missouri distribution franchise law dispute.
Back in March we reported on Jӓgermeister’s successful bid to dismiss a lawsuit that...
Got that beer or wine for free and didn’t tell me in your review? Shame on you… New FTC Guidance on Social Media Disclosures for influencers.
Beer Twitter, Wine Twitter (is that a thing?) beer Instagram, wine columnists, writers, reporters,...
UPDATE: Live broadcast of Mississippi wine shipping case oral argument moved to January 15 at 1:30 p.m. CST
Yes, all apologies to those of you hoping to tune in yesterday to the...
New Lebamoff Illinois filings and the case proceeds to discovery. Here’s the most recent filings in the Illinois wine retailer shipping case.
The slow march to realizing the impacts of the Tennessee Wine ruling will unfold...
Watch the Mississippi wine shipping case oral arguments live on November 13 at 1:30 p.m. CST
Live telecast oral arguments may be a federal rarity, but MIssissippi is a bellwether...
Amazon of liquor one step closer as Michigan files opening brief in 6th Circ. Commerce Clause appeal of injunction allowing out-of-state retailers to ship alcohol to residents like in-state retailers can.
Back in October we wrote about Michigan’s Lebamoff decision and the win it represents...
Beer wholesaler finds out that timely objecting to an invoice can be the difference between not paying and having a court order payment.
The case, Stardom Brands LLC v. SKI Wholesale Beer Corp. (link to opinion) revolved...
Illinois Supreme Court case provides insight about whether the UCC requires a chance to cure if you want to revoke acceptance of goods – could be useful if you bought grapes, hops, grains that are defective.
Admit it, you’ve purchased ingredients you found out later were defective, or spoiled. Well,...
BIG SIX nixed for wine trademark as the big six is generic in the wine world.
The Trademark Trial and Appeals Board and the USPTO don’t work in a vacuum...
Here’s the argument audio from the 8th Circuit’s alcoholic beverage advertising case. Advertisers won this by a mile. Oh, and did I mention there’s evidence in the record that 3-tier is useless and doesn’t protect the public?
You’ll recall this is the second appeal in this matter where a group of...
