*UPDATE* – Governor signs Illinois bill allowing craft distillers greater freedom, self-distribution, and distilling “pubs.”
It’s officially a public act. As we wrote about before on this bill, many new...
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**UPDATE** Scotch Whisky Association drops lawsuit against Virginia Distillery Co., over Virginia-Highland whisky.
Here’s the link to our previous piece about this suit over that Scotch Trooper...
Voluntary disclosure program for alcohol wholesalers and importers to report changes in control and proprietorship could be the chance you need to get compliant.
Last year’s TTB suspension of Skokie Valley Beverage’s wholesaler’s permit which asserted the permit...
Don’t miss the Wine, Beer & Spirits Law Conference in Charlotte, NC
Want to have a fun time in a great place surrounded by beverage lawyers?...
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...
MillerCoors v. Stone dispute draws near an end (hopefully) as both sides file for summary judgment. Bonus: We’ve got the briefs for you.
To take Stone on face value, their claim is in earnest that: “If MillerCoors...
Platform – the beer that recently sold to AB-Inbev – is in a trademark dispute with Bottle Logic over lightbulb marks for craft beer. What do you think?
The recent reports that Ohio’s Platform Beer Co. has sold/partnererd with AB InBev aren’t...
Court opinion shows the uphill battle beverage producers face in looking to claim health benefits for alcoholic products and finds that TTB regulations prohibiting those claims withstand First Amendment scrutiny.
Bellion Spirits petitioned the TTB to make health statements about the positive effects of...
TTAB finds the the Slinger shot glasses mark is confusingly similar to Liquor Slinger Distilling mark as distilleries often make drinkware
The distillery wanted to register Liquor Slinger Distilling for liquor with Liquor and Distilling...
The Scotch Trooper branded Virginia-Highland whisky draws the ire and a lawsuit from Scotland’s Scotch Whisky Association
Scotch, Champagne, Tequila, Cognac don’t just enjoy certification mark status, they’re also tied to...
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...
Illinois to expand and extend medical cannabis law.
The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act is about to become the Compassionate...
