Tagged: Beverage law

Wine-shipping supplies, including a cardboard box, molded bottle inserts, and three bottles.

“Amazon of liquor” looms as 6th Circuit hears argument for important alcohol retail shipping Commerce Clause challenge. Out-of-state retailers demand the same shipping privileges as those in-state. Bonus: We’ve got the audio for you.

Listen to the 2020 Sixth Circuit Lebamoff argument over whether Michigan can restrict direct wine shipping by out-of-state retailers.

franchise alcohol distribution law truck for delivery of spirits

In bad result for alcohol wholesalers, Delaware spirits distributor loses argument that franchise law created enforceable exclusive distribution contract where alcohol was purchased on invoice and no oral or written agreement set a quantity of goods to be purchased.

A Delaware spirits dispute examined whether purchase invoices and franchise law established exclusivity without an agreed quantity.

Wine bottles with silver screw caps packed upright in a wooden shipping crate.

Online wine sellers face suit in Mississippi as State Supreme Court rules out-of-state alcohol retailers selling to in-state purchasers are subject to personal jurisdiction. Now the real case starts (if they don’t settle).

Mississippi’s Supreme Court considered whether online wine retailers’ sales to Mississippi consumers supported personal jurisdiction.

Beertwitter FTC asks for public comment on endorsement guides

FTC waits for #beertwitter to chime in: Public comment solicited for endorsement guides (the ones that require you tell me you got that beer or wine for free with the expectation you were going to post about it).

The FTC’s 2020 review of its Endorsement Guides asked about disclosures for products supplied to reviewers and social media influencers.