NCSLA 2019 New Orleans, Part I: Ethics Panel

By |2020-04-13T21:10:48+00:00November 4th, 2019|Conference Reviews, Liquor Industry Insights|

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 […]

NCSLA Central/Western Regional Conference 2019, Portland, Part III

By |2020-04-13T21:10:48+00:00October 21st, 2019|Cannabis Issues, Conference Reviews|

Cannabis: Higher Education

Moderator:

Rebecca Stamey-White, Partner, Hinman & Carmichael LLP

Panelists:

Rick Garza, Director, Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Board

Steve Marks, Executive Director, Oregon Liquor Control Commission

Lori Ajax, Chief, California Bureau of Cannabis Control

 

This was a great panel that talked about a lot of wide ranging issues in the cannabis industry from the difficulties in setting […]

Control States, how political infighting could devastate the liquor industry?

By |2020-04-13T20:45:04+00:00October 6th, 2019|Liquor Industry Insights|

 

There are presently 17 control or monopoly states (plus Montgomery County, Maryland), where the state operates and controls part of the liquor system. The control ranges from numerous states like New Hampshire and North Carolina where the state controls the sale of spirits to states like Michigan and West Virginia where the state controls the […]

8th Circuit hears oral arguments in the most important liquor case of the year

By |2020-04-13T20:45:04+00:00September 28th, 2019|Liquor Case Discussion|

 

Why Should we care?

The Missouri Broadcaster’s Association v. Taylor case holds great importance in the liquor world for two reasons:

1. The Court will require the state to produce evidence to prove that its laws are necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. In a previous day, a sound legal theory was […]

NCSLA Central/Western Regional Conference 2019, Portland, Part I

By |2020-04-13T21:10:48+00:00September 22nd, 2019|Conference Reviews|

Sponsorship Agreements

Moderator:

Carrie Bonnington, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Panelists:

Matthew Botting, General Counsel, California ABC

Susan Johnson, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP

Michael Feldman, General Counsel, Levy Restaurants and Former General Counsel to a Minor League baseball team in Chicago

Another great panel by Carrie Bonnington dealing with sponsorships. Most of the discussion focused on the sponsorship […]

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