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...
Category: Winemaking
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...
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...
Is it regulating manufacturing, or the sale to consumers? Michigan court refuses to enjoin law that prohibits a winery/cidery receiving a bonded transfer from selling the transferred wine/cider to consumers without further processing.
A mischaracterization of what a Michigan statute regulates and what rights of a winery/cidery...
Court dismisses Commerce Clause challenge to California’s requirements for out-of-state wine importers and wholesalers for lack of clarity on what the challengers were complaining about.
A Florida based wine importer, Orion Wine Imports, LLC and its owner brought an...
8th Circuit sets argument in 1st Amendment challenge to Missouri’s alcohol advertising statutes and advertisers file brief challenging lazy arguments about reasons for restrictions on alcohol advertising.
One of our favorite alcohol advertising cases is finally progressing again. The 8th Circuit...
Briefing is done in that Mississippi wine shipping case that could result in “Amazon of liquor.” Here’s why you should be paying attention to it.
Justice Gorsuch’s much vaunted “Amazon of liquor” comment from the oral argument on the...
Court TOTALLY WRONG about why beer skunks… and it dismissed that Atlas lawsuit over TTB not processing COLAs during government shutdown.
Let’s start with a matter of science and not the thoroughly drafted opinion denying...
In first alcohol case citing Tennessee Retailers, 8th Circuit allows farm wineries challenge to Minnesota requirement for majority in-state wine ingredients. The floodgates for suits against state alcohol laws are opening.
Mark Sorini over at the excellent alcohol policy and legal blog Alcohol Law Advisor...
New case challenging state efforts to restrict federally authorized bonded transfers arguing preemption could have vast implications for states prohibiting alcohol transfers in bond between producers like breweries, wineries, and distilleries.
If you’re not following the excellent coverage of alcohol related issues over at Alcohol...
