Brewers Seek Distributor Termination in Ohio Lawsuit That Could Result in Important Legal Interpretation Regarding Beer Distribution Agreements and Franchise Laws
There are a few interesting cases winding their way through the courts in 2017...
Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Regulatory and Legal Updates
Court Issues Instructive Trademark Decision as Brooklyn Brewery Wins Injunction Against Black Ops Brewing Over “Black Ops” Trademark Row
Not every beverage you make will become a brand in itself. Often, nothing you...
More Famous Than Your Lawyers? Why Are You Letting Them Put Your Brand on Their Website Without Compensation?
Do your vendors advertise that they work with you? How about vendors you haven’t...
Sell Food & Drinks Online? – Better Check Your Terms of Service as Consumer Review Fairness Act Becomes Law
If you sell products online, chances are you’ve got terms of service that you’ve...
Diageo Sues Sazerac over Bulleit Bourbon Trade Dress – What Do You Think?
Well, what do you think based on that picture above? It is from this...
Challenge to Retailer Crowler Ban in Texas Has Another Win – And Court Finds Regulatory FAQs are Rulings that Can be Challenged
Growler/crowler laws and regulations across the country are a hodgepodge of nonsensical restrictions on...
1st Amendment Challenge to Discounted Alcohol Advertising Ban Finally Has Oral Argument
There are statutes and regulations in many states prohibiting different forms of advertising for...
Register Now! – New U.S. Copyright Office Rule Requires Electronic Registration by 12/31/2017 to Take Advantage of DMCA Safe Harbor
TAKE ACTION: Food and beverage companies, restaurants, and other vendors that allow user-generated content...
SCOTUS Denies Cert. In Texas Alcohol Permit Rule Case Enjoining Requiring a Year’s Residency for Retail Permit
Residency can be a requirement, but setting an additional qualification mandating a set duration...
You Should Be Paid For Your Self-Distribution Rights – and Texas Agrees!
In 2013, distributors lobbied and won a concession as part of a generally...
Watch out – Court holds craft producers can be sued in foreign jurisdictions where they don’t sell just by linking to other websites that sell their products there
Craft producers from breweries and distilleries to cheese and sausage makers should sit up...
A call for analyzing the 3-tiered system? NJ Court says alcohol regulations need to be revisited in light of changing conditions
There’s an quote from Justice Holmes’ The Path of the Law that goes “[i]t...
