Is Blue Cloud the New Uber?
Uber earned their spurs by challenging regulations throughout the country, which protected cab companies from competition. Cab companies were highly regulated and the barrier to entry to their marketplace was significantly high. In order to get into the market, someone needed to purchase a cab medallion, […]
California legislation creates a niche instead of a solution
California legislation, AB-495, proposes to loosen the strict rules, which forbid a distilled spirits manufacturer from distributing its own products. Under California law a Distilled Spirits Manufacturer and a Craft Distiller cannot self-distribute their own product, and unlike the wine and beer […]
Texas Best Road to Take for E-Commerce
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control (TABC) drafted a Marketing Practices Advisory (Advisory), on E-Commerce Advertising and Sales Platforms, which deals with how to regulate e-commerce in the liquor space. It recently held a stakeholders meeting, where it took feedback from the industry. As there were […]
I am proud to announce that I wrote my first column for VinePair.
The column is about the Uniform Law Commission and its ridiculous endorsement of unconstitutional governmental overreach. The ULC believes achieving policy goals is more important than preserving constitutional principles.
As VinePair is a publication I have great admiration for, I am honored to […]
Hit a milestone with 65th media appearance. Great mention in Blake Gray’s Wine Searcher article about the dangers of the Uniform Law Commission’s Alcohol Direct-Shipping Compliance Act.
Blake recognizes that I was the only one covering this issue and pointing out the dangers involved if this Act got passed.
Great piece which points out the perils […]
Happy to announce that I have expanded my practice to Indiana. I have been admitted to the bar in Indiana and I am authorized to practice there.
I am also authorized to practice in Illinois and admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. 4th Circuit of Court of Appeals.
Uniform Law Commission and its Questionable Constitutional Mandates
The Uniform Law Commission will meet in Philadelphia from July 8, to July 14, 2022 to consider adopting proposals including one named, Alcohol Direct-Shipping Compliance Act Draft (ACT), which of course deals with adopting a model law for states to consider when […]
TARHEEL STATE FAILS AND CONSUMERS ARE GUILTY
North Carolina is a state I love and as alum of their flagship state university, I can tell you there is no place better to go to school. Also, it is a state of great people and culture, the only negatives about the state are […]
Irish Liquor Lawyer Submits Amicus Brief in the 4th Circuit
I recently submitted an Amicus brief in the 4th Circuit, supporting a request for an en banc hearing of the 4th Circuit’s decision in B-21 Wines v. Bauer, which upheld North Carolina’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law.
The amicus focused on the 4th […]
Time for the FTC to reemerge on the spirits issue
Recently, I was reading the Granholm case and came across part of the decision that intrigued me. In Granholm the Supreme Court cited to an FTC Report on wine shipping. One particular part of Granholm, specifically intrigued me when the Court stated:
The increasing winery-to-wholesaler […]