Missouri loses major liquor case in the 8th Circuit
Missouri loses major liquor case in the 8th Circuit dealing with tied-house laws and advertising restrictions. More details to follow later.
Irish Liquor Lawyer’s Predictions for the New Year
The New Year and new decade are upon us. Flower Power and epic battles in liquor will highlight this year.
Here are some of my predictions for 2020:
Epic liquor battles are coming and will result in a changed marketplace
2020 is the year of important legal battles. The calendar will only turn 15 days before […]
Irish Liquor Lawyer Looks Back to the Winners and Losers of the Past Year
Today I want to share with you my picks of the winners and losers in the liquor space for 2019.
Winners of the Year
1. Seltzers
They exploded this year and are here to stay. They cannot even make them fast enough.
2. The American consumers
With DTC options increasing […]
SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT BE IN THE BUSINESS OF ALCOHOL?
Government agencies around the Midwest have been in the news lately about their liquor systems. Michigan’s liquor system has become a complete folly under which product availability is running short, while Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division faces claims from a whistle-blower that it illegally and excessively marked up the price of alcohol product.
NCSLA 2019 New Orleans, Part III: Alcohol Delivery
ALCOHOL DELIVERY
Introduction
A great panel on learning the in and outs of the alcohol delivery world. Although alcohol makes up a small percentage of delivery revenue and often times is a loss leader, it plays a major role for delivery companies. Consumers demand this service and without it, they will not shop […]
NCSLA 2019 New Orleans, Part II: Change in the Dynamics of the Three Tier System
Change in THE Dynamics of the Three Tier System
Introduction
The big question we need to ask is, what are the practical effects of what is happening in the world today?
A lively panel on the ever-changing world of liquor and the debate raged on about how should our legal system adapt to this […]
HAS MICHIGAN LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF ITS LIQUOR SYSTEM
The State of Michigan is 1 of 17 states that is considered a control state for liquor purposes. In control states the government has a monopoly over the wholesale or retail aspect of a complete category of liquor. For example, in North Carolina the only source in which to purchase spirits from is a State […]
Missouri’s Brief released in the 8th Circuit Sarasota Wine Case
Today the state of Missouri wrote its brief in the 8th Circuit, Sarasota Wine case which deals with wine shipping.
Missouri prevailed at the District Court based on the Southern Wine and Spirits case, in which the 8th Circuit found a residency requirement for wholesalers constitutional.
However, since then Tennessee Wine, which extends Granholm’s nondiscrimination principle to retailers, has been decided and could dramatically […]
Baseball Great Frank Thomas and Irish Liquor Lawyer talk about CBD
I was speaking with White Sox legend and baseball hall of famer Frank Thomas about the CBD Company he has teamed up with, ECODERM. He was at my client’s location and I figured I would stop by.
Frank could not be more classy […]
NCSLA 2019 New Orleans, Part I: Ethics Panel
SIX DEGREES OF REGULATOR SEPARATION:
LEGAL ETHICS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
MODERATOR – WESLEY GEISELMAN, Of Counsel, Post Polak, P.A.,
Panelists: RUSSELL THOMAS, Executive Director, Tennessee ABCC
SEAN O’LEARY, President, O’Leary Law & Policy Group, LLC, Elmhurst IL
ANNA HIRAI, Assistant Administrator, Honolulu Liquor Commission
ADENA SANTIAGO, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP, Washington, DC
Introduction
The one […]
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