SCOTUS denies Wal-Mart’s petition for cert. over Texas ban keeping public corporations from holding retail liquor licenses
Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari that Wal-Mart had filed in...
Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Regulatory and Legal Updates
Molson and Anheuser win full dismissal of Mountain Crest (Minhas) antitrust lawsuit.
You’ll recall that the court had recently dismissed this matter finding that Minhas’s second...
Hyperbolic complaint by a handful of perfect-scoring applicants stalls re-scoring efforts for those that didn’t receive fair scoring and notice in the ongoing first round of Illinois cannabis dispensary hopefuls.
Omitting facts rarely ends well for people, let alone attorneys. Likewise, disregarding the law...
Illinois Liquor Control Commission adopts helpful new regulation to clarify the process for bars, restaurants, and liquor stores in transferring alcohol inventory to other retailers.
The good folks at the ILCC officially (this has been in the works for...
Beer, wine, and liquor trade groups come out of the woodwork to file amicus petition to stomp expansive First Amendment protections and keep Bad Spaniel‘s from making their Jack Daniel’s parody dog toys. Bonus: we’ve got the briefs for you.
You’ll remember the fun of the 9th Circuit opinion in the VIP Products v....
Pabst loses latest bid to dismiss class action over claims Olympia beer misleads consumers into thinking its brewed from Olympia’s artesian waters. (Thank god for statutes of limitation or people would start suing because the beer came from Tumwater.)
When we last wrote about this case we discussed how Pabst, the maker of...
Court finds fine print requires dismissal of beer wholesaler’s insurance claims for spoiled beer wholesaler couldn’t sell on account of Disney’s COVID-19 closure. Hint: Disney’s closure caused the loss, not the COVID.
The plaintiff, a wine and beer distributor bought beer in accordance with its contract...
8th Circuit gives Missouri a hard-time in oral argument over important Commerce Clause wine (and beer and liquor) shipping case. Bonus: We’ve got the audio for you.
As one judge put it to the state during this oral argument – “The...
Appellate Court confirms reversal on years of bowling alley oppression. So now what’s the difference between a bowling alley and a bowling center? Playing pool near the bar – if you’re under 21 and in Wisconsin.
Here’s a great case from behind the cheddar curtain. You know, the state where...
Second round of Illinois’s Business Interruption Grant Program to open tomorrow – all small businesses impacted by COVID should apply – bars and restaurants among those receiving priority
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has announced that the applications for...
False advertising lawsuit against Anheuser claims “RITA” cocktails and spritzers misrepresent source of alcohol.
Citing to dictionary definitions of “margarita,” “mojito,” “rose,” and “spritz,” a group of Anheuser-Busch-Rita-beverage-buying...
Suit over Illinois’s award of new dispensary licenses looks for re-scoring and to stop lottery from proceeding – hearing set for tomorrow.
With Illinois’s limited cannabis dispensary licensing system the stakes are large for applicants that...
