TTB’s Chicagoland notices about wholesalers’ violations of trade practices and other statutes pose some interesting questions
Two recent announcements from the United States Department of Treasury’s Tax and Trade Bureau...
Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Regulatory and Legal Updates
Initial brief filed with SCOTUS in Byrd v. Tennessee
The Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association – the association of in-state retailers that...
Barrel-aging or conditioning craft beer in barrels from wineries or distilleries? TTB reminds brewers not to accept barrels containing discernible amounts of wine or spirits.
With the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild’s Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer this weekend...
Wine consumers crowdsource funds to pay for an amicus brief. You can help Wine Freedom!
Wine Freedom – a website affiliated with the National Association of Wine Retailers is...
Wisconsin Court of Appeals rejects equal protection argument for premixed cocktails to be taxed on alcohol volume not on full volume. Arty’s Part 2.
Yesterday we detailed the facts and the holding by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals...
Wisconsin Appeals Court rules premixed cocktails are taxed on the full amount of liquid in the bottle and not solely on the amount of alcohol in the bottle. Arty’s Part 1.
Arty’s Legendary Cocktails makes premixed cocktails like Old Fashioneds and Bloody Marys. They don’t...
Customs and Border Protection provides further guidance for the tax rates and credits importers can achieve under the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017
The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 didn’t just help domestic...
Helpful notes from the TTB’s guidance on transferring beer between breweries with different ownership
In addition to cutting excise taxes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made many...
Illinois has held no written notice is required to terminate a beer distribution agreement for a distributor’s failure to timely pay for beer upon demand in accordance with the Illinois Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act.
Every once in awhile we like to post about a throw-back case that’s important...
5th Circ. decision in favor of “Krusty Krab” as a trademark provides a word of warning to craft brewers looking to pay homage to their favorite things.
What do the Daily Planet, the General Lee, Kryptonite, and Conan the Barbarian all...
Wal-Mart is waging a different fight against irrational liquor laws in the Fifth Circuit that offers alternatives to Byrd. (With links to 5th Circ. Briefs)
A fundamental tenet of the of fairness under the Constitution is that the States...
Breweries, wineries, and distilleries: it is time to renew your FDA Food Facility Registration (or register if you’ve overlooked this important requirement) by December 31, 2018.
A polite reminder on this Friday – the Food and Drug Administration requires all...
