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Winery’s suit alleges insurance should cover wine with “smoke taint” following wildfires; insurer says policy doesn’t cover wine made from grapes tainted prior to harvest.

Brewery / Distillery / Suits / Vineyard / Wine / Winemaking
January 8, 2020

Vintage Wine Estates filed a lawsuit against Lloyd’s London and other insurers after the...

Illinois to expand and extend medical cannabis law

Illinois Department of Agriculture posts cannabis craft grower, infuser, and transporter applications. (We’ve got the link for you.)

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January 7, 2020

More to follow on this in the upcoming days as we detail the issues...

Reply brief in 6th Circuit out-of-state alcohol retailer direct shipping case draws rebuke and desire for sur-reply. Briefing is done in one of the many inevitable Commerce Clause challenges to arise after Tennessee Wine.

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January 7, 2020

The 6th Circuit’s “Amazon of liquor” case is about in-state liquor retailers having the...

Suit against medicinal chocolate maker good reminder that mistakes on your labels over ABV%, THC, or CBD content are an invitation to a lawsuit, regardless of your intent.

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January 6, 2020

Craft and nascent industry producers and manufacturers rarely face the realities of consumer fraud...

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Jason Mraz sues MillerCoors over 13 seconds of video that MillerCoors took down after he objected.

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January 3, 2020

In a profound lesson to include choice of counsel and defense obligations in your...

Illinois’s Liquor Control Commission solicits comments on newly proposed rules for liquor retailers addressing quantity discounting, cooperative purchasing, coupons, and rebates for Illinois’s beer, wine, and spirits businesses.

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December 23, 2019

The December 20, 2019, copy of the Illinois Register contains an end-of-year present for...

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Here are the docs so far in that lawsuit against Bacardi over using grains of paradise in drinks in violation of an archaic 150-year old Florida law over alcohol adulteration.

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December 12, 2019

Kudos to the Miami Herald for the deep dive on the history of the...

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Illinois issues emergency rule for tie-breaker situations in adult use cannabis dispensary licensure point-scoring process

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December 10, 2019

Yesterday the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issued notice of an emergency...

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Connecticut Fine Wines requests U.S. Supreme Court review denial of its antitrust suit over post-and-hold, volume discount and minimum pricing restrictions.

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December 6, 2019

You can read the petition for certiorari here. You saw this coming as the...

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).

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December 5, 2019

Imagine being able to order whatever libation you wanted and having it delivered directly...

New complaint over some unissued Illinois medical marijuana dispensary licenses claims State’s denial violates due process

Cannabis / Illinois Cannabis / Marijuana
December 3, 2019

During the 2014 application process for the medical cannabis dispensary licenses the plaintiffs assert...

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Spirits distributor survives Jӓgermeister’s bid for second dismissal in Missouri distribution franchise law dispute.

Beer / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distribution / Distribution Agreements / Suits / Wine
November 25, 2019

Back in March we reported on Jӓgermeister’s successful bid to dismiss a lawsuit that...

Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Regulatory and Legal Updates

Winery’s suit alleges insurance should cover wine with “smoke taint” following wildfires; insurer says policy doesn’t cover wine made from grapes tainted prior to harvest.

Illinois Department of Agriculture posts cannabis craft grower, infuser, and transporter applications. (We’ve got the link for you.)

Reply brief in 6th Circuit out-of-state alcohol retailer direct shipping case draws rebuke and desire for sur-reply. Briefing is done in one of the many inevitable Commerce Clause challenges to arise after Tennessee Wine.

Suit against medicinal chocolate maker good reminder that mistakes on your labels over ABV%, THC, or CBD content are an invitation to a lawsuit, regardless of your intent.

Jason Mraz sues MillerCoors over 13 seconds of video that MillerCoors took down after he objected.

Illinois’s Liquor Control Commission solicits comments on newly proposed rules for liquor retailers addressing quantity discounting, cooperative purchasing, coupons, and rebates for Illinois’s beer, wine, and spirits businesses.

Here are the docs so far in that lawsuit against Bacardi over using grains of paradise in drinks in violation of an archaic 150-year old Florida law over alcohol adulteration.

Illinois issues emergency rule for tie-breaker situations in adult use cannabis dispensary licensure point-scoring process

Connecticut Fine Wines requests U.S. Supreme Court review denial of its antitrust suit over post-and-hold, volume discount and minimum pricing restrictions.

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).

New complaint over some unissued Illinois medical marijuana dispensary licenses claims State’s denial violates due process

Spirits distributor survives Jӓgermeister’s bid for second dismissal in Missouri distribution franchise law dispute.

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