Breaking News: RNDC settles with Provi
Breaking news here first! RNDC settles with Provi. Provi takes on the industry giants and wins. Here is the docket entry
More to follow!
Three-tier Parity
In the liquor world the lack of parity between the tiers is obvious to someone with firsthand knowledge of the industry. It is very difficult to challenge the power of the middle tier. From time to time a major supplier like Sazerac will yield its power over the wholesale tier but this is the exception […]
The Hemp dilemma
The Hemp industry is in a unique but tough space right now. Hemp was taken off the list of controlled substances by the 2018 Farm Bill. Hemp, which is different than its cousin marijuana, is a Delta 9 concentrate ( delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) is the psychoactive compound responsible for the “high” associated with cannabis) with a […]
Discovery against RNDC to continue in the Provi Case
Although Southern and Provi reached a tentative agreement. A court order stated discovery involving Republic National Distributing (RNDC), shall proceed. The Notification of Docket Entry was entered today.
Breaking News: Provi and Southern Glazer have reached an agreement in principle to settle
This just in, Provi & Southern have entered into a Joint Notice and Request for Partial Stay of Discovery.
Under this Joint Notice, the parties have agreed to stay discovery and allow time to negotiate a definitive agreement.
The order is for a 45 day period.
Arizona rehearing petition, there is reason for optimism
Counsel for the Plaintiff in Day v. Henry, which challenges Arizona’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law, filed a petition for rehearing. There is optimism to believe the petition will be granted.
The 9th circuit panel ruled in a 2-1 vote to uphold Arizona’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law. What makes this decision different is the analysis […]
Can Virginia’s Control be maintained
There is a Gun N Roses song called “Pretty Tied Up”, and in the middle of the song comes a fascinating verse.
Once you made that money, it costs more now
It might cost a lot more than you’d think
I just found a million dollars that someone forgot
It’s days like this that push me over the brink
Although […]
Ireland will conquer Europe
Ireland has never been known for its conquest of foreign lands, unlike countries like England, France, Spain and the Netherlands they have never held colonies and established an empire.
But now it seems Ireland is poised to conquer Europe by the heavy hand of government regulation. As someone who is Irish I can’t say this is […]
The 9th Circuit enacts Social Darwinism into the 21st Amendment
In Lochner v. New York, Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, wrote one of the most famous lines in America legal history when he stated:
“The Fourteenth Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics” Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45, 75 (1905)
Mr. Spencer’s book Social Statics was a defense of Social Darwinism, and the concept […]
Irish Liquor Lawyer in Wine Spectator
Great discussing the impact of the Mississippi winery DTC shipping law. A great day for more economic freedom and choice. As I stated:
“Mississippi residents will no longer be constricted to what their wholesalers choose to provide them and now can make independent choices to purchase the wine they desire,”
https://www.winespectator.com/articles/news-mississippi-legalizes-direct-winery-wine-shipping