The 2020 TTB settlement with Anheuser-Busch highlights sponsorship, retailer benefits, exclusivity, and the importance of enforcing verbal arrangements.
Two 2020 Ohio wine-shipping cases illustrate constitutional limits on the Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act and disputes over retailer access.
Retailers sought Supreme Court review of the Sixth Circuit’s 2020 Michigan shipping decision. Read the petition and the constitutional issues it presents.
A 2020 cruise-ship decision examines claims by passengers who did not contract COVID-19, offering litigation lessons for bars and hospitality businesses.
Heaven Hill’s domain dispute illustrates UDRP remedies, confusing similarity, legitimate interests, and bad faith in protecting beverage brands online.
A Florida appeal examines whether a license to sell alcohol at catered special events also permits receiving deliveries at those locations.
A lawsuit over cream-based alcoholic blends highlights product specifications, quality control, ingredient changes, and contract manufacturing obligations.
The June 2020 briefing in the grains-of-paradise appeal examines federal preemption of Florida’s ingredient ban, with links to briefs and the appendix.
The ILCC’s May 2020 FAQ addresses outdoor service, food requirements, local permission, and operational limits for bars, taprooms, and tasting rooms.
A May 2020 update tracks the denied Lebamoff rehearing request and related federal appeals over retailer alcohol shipping and the Commerce Clause.
A review of Illinois’ 2020 cocktails-to-go bill examines eligible licenses, container language, and questions for brewpubs, taprooms, and distilling pubs.
An Aviation Gin advertising complaint illustrates tension between industry responsibility codes, parody, humor, and First Amendment protections.
