There is a great buzz going around about the U.S. Supreme Court’s Tennessee Wine case and whether this case will decide if Granholm extends to retailer, and hence deems laws banning wine retailer shipping as unconstitutional.
Even if the Supreme Court remains silent on the specific issue, many lower federal courts and even state courts may […]
The Wayfair decision recently changed whether a state could impose sales tax on an out-of-state company that has no physical presence in the state. Many wineries and wine retailers (those that are eligible to ship legally into a state) may need to change their behavior. Depending on whether they meet certain sales thresholds or enter […]
Included are the vast majority of Illinois liquor bills so far introduced this session.
The craft distillers are busy! They are requesting full retail privileges, self-distribution privileges, increases in the amount they can serve in their tasting rooms, and up to 500,000 gallons in storage capacity.
This last number seems […]
Total Wine and More (Total) filed a lawsuit against Connecticut bringing a facial challenge to Connecticut’s pricing provisions. Total alleged that the pricing provisions created per se violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act Section 1 and thus were preempted by statute.
Total claims that the Connecticut laws eliminate the need for wholesalers to compete […]
Total Wine’s winning streak against state liquor agencies is in danger as it lost its challenge to Connecticut’s minimum pricing laws. Will it request an en blanc hearing or go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court
I will be writing in more detail about this case later.
https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/17-2003/17-2003-2019-02-20.pdf?ts=1550676604
On irishliquorlawyer.com two weeks ago I published a post about local government’s losing control over their power to regulate alcohol. Today Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law a bill, SB 1110, that would make the whole State of Virginia wet.
Local governments are definitely and rapidly losing control of their powers to regulate alcohol […]
Lyden Henderson has an active mind that can’t stop to rest. Starting out work life as a pit boss at a casino, he has risen to become an innovator in the cannabis field. As the COO of High Style Brewing, he is part of a team that is taking the cannabis field by storm.
High Style […]
Smoke Wallin is a true force of nature, even before sitting down to interview him, I couldn’t help being impressed by his credentials. Starting from his time as an Ivy League Wrestler to his present status as President of Vertical, a leading company in the Cannabis field, Smoke has been a leader everywhere he has […]
