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 […]
The Michigan Consumer: The Ultimate Battered Dog
I write this piece to the Michigan consumer. I love your state, the people are great, the weather isn’t always the best, but I love the landscape, and you have a lot of Tim Horton’s restaurants. But I am concerned how your government is treating […]
When The Liquor World Got Better
Two years ago today, my partners Julia Momose, Ian Beacraft, and I succeeded in our movement to legalize cocktails-to-go in Illinois. Through the months of struggle and late-night zoom calls, we succeeded in breaking new ground.
When we proposed cocktails-to-go it was a radical idea that was only available […]
The Forest Park review reported that the Illinois Liquor Control Commission rescinded Forest Park’s 20 day suspension of Lantern Haus. As the attorney for Lantern Haus, I am ecstatic with the result and glad the media covered this story. I was also happy to contribute to this news story.
The ILCC ruled that my client […]
CALIFORNIA DTC SPIRITS SHIPPING: TIME FOR A REFERENDUM
California’s referendum system allows the chance to put a question to the voters on whether they want changes to state laws or to even recall governors. After the latest version of the spirits DTC shipping bill, maybe it is time to admit that the […]