A valuable incentive. More sales. Fewer purchases from a competitor. Those facts alone don’t establish unlawful exclusion. This Throwback Friday, we revisit Fedway and explain how suppliers and distributors can challenge unsupported trade practice claims by demanding evidence of a potential threat to retailer independence.
How far can Congress go to collect the whiskey tax? The Supreme Court’s home distilling case brings together nineteenth-century moonshining, modern tax rates, and the limits of federal power.
A “100% agave” label makes a claim about what went into the bottle. Costco’s tequila dismissal raises a harder question: how much weight should Mexican certification carry when consumers challenge that composition with testing? We examine the ruling and the records beverage businesses should retain.
“100% agave,” “handcrafted,” and “small batch” carry different risks when consumers challenge a tequila’s ingredients or production. The 818 litigation offers suppliers and wholesalers lessons about substantiation, testing, website disclosures, and the limits of label approval.
Red Boot Distillery’s permit dispute raises a difficult boundary between government misinformation and independent agency conduct. We examine the Federal Tort Claims Act ruling and how suppliers can document operational restrictions, resulting losses, and their administrative claims.
Southern Glazer’s non-prosecution agreement traces promotional spending into false invoices and personal benefits. For wholesalers, the practical questions concern what the money purchased, who received the benefit, and whether supplier approval came with meaningful verification.
TTB’s 2025 contingency plan explained which operations would stop during an appropriations lapse and which would continue. This historical overview links the plan and identifies effects on approvals and tax administration.
TTB’s 2022 proposal would have changed what brewers report, which records they keep, and how they document premises and operations. Here are ten proposals from Notice No. 212.
The 2020 Bombay Sapphire appeal pits Florida’s grains-of-paradise ban against federal ingredient rules. Read the completed briefing and preemption analysis.
The 2020 TTB settlement with Anheuser-Busch highlights sponsorship, retailer benefits, exclusivity, and the importance of enforcing verbal arrangements.
This 2020 guide examines non-alcoholic malt-beverage labeling, TTB and FDA jurisdiction, alcohol statements, and restrictions on beverage terminology.
The June 2020 briefing in the grains-of-paradise appeal examines federal preemption of Florida’s ingredient ban, with links to briefs and the appendix.
