Illinois cannabis banking bill has committee hearing today – house and senate bills moving forward
We wrote last month about the Illinois Senate cannabis banking bill (SB 2023) making...
Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Regulatory and Legal Updates
Jӓgermeister uses the old “Shelton Brothers gambit” to beat Major Brands in Missouri liquor franchise law termination dispute
In this case, Jӓgermeister sent its Missouri distributor, Major Brands, a termination letter saying...
Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change beer/malt beverages allowable alcohol content statement tolerances, and allow for different contract brewers to list all locations a beer is made? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 12)
Yesterday, in Part 11 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176” –...
Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change beer/malt beverages definitions, and COLA and labeling standards? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 11)
Last time, in Part 10 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...
Supreme Court holds you’ll need to obtain registration of your copyright in order to protect that awesome label art and witty copy
We’ve written on many occasions about the benefits and added protections of copyrighting your...
Test case advancing over interstate industrial hemp shipments pursuant to 2018 Farm Bill absent USDA guidance and state required plans
What happens when the USDA and states are required by a federal statute to...
Total Wine requests 2nd Circuit en banc hearing in antitrust case over State’s post and hold and pricing alcohol laws
Total Wine (Connecticut Fine Wine & Spirits) brought a request to have their recent...
Are you ready for the TTB’s new alcoholic beverage labeling and advertising regs that would change distilled spirits standards of identity labeling practices? (New TTB advertising and labeling rules Part 10)
Last time, in Part 9 of our series on the TTB’s “Notice No. 176”...
Can hashtags promoting your beverage create liability in the same way other advertising content can? #YouBet
A recent closing letter from the Federal Trade Commission has shed some light on...
State high court rules it doesn’t take two to tango – finds craft beer wholesaler paying money is an “of value” pay-to-play violation, but retailer accepting same money is not
This case involves two decisions of the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission that resulted...
UPS trademark action against cannabis group is a good reminder that branding you think is “funny” will likely cost you
A little over two weeks ago, shipping and logistics giant United Parcel Service brought...
Asahi Beer settles false advertising class action over “not” made in Japan consumer action; we’ve got the details
There’s finally an end to the Asahi Beer class action saga. A breif recap...
