Live from DC: Thoughts from Tennessee Wine Supreme Court oral argument

By |2020-04-13T21:11:03+00:00January 16th, 2019|Liquor Case Discussion|

Irish Liquor Lawyer is at the Supreme Court today to report live on the Tennessee Wine Supreme Court oral argument.

Here are my observations from oral argument. The Court was not entirely convinced that the 21st Amendment protects state laws from dormant commerce clause challenges especially when laws are protectionist. 2. Tennessee did not provide a […]

Could state regulators face another constitutional steamroller?

By |2019-01-09T21:15:17+00:00January 9th, 2019|Liquor Industry Insights|

 

For years state regulations and statutes have been under constant and sometimes successful attacks from Commerce Clause challenges. Now another line of constitutional attacks is coming on the horizon and could weaken state regulatory authority.

Recently, plaintiffs have become more embolden to utilize 1st Amendment attacks on a state’s legal authority to regulate liquor matters.

Will the Roberts Court stand down on the Tennessee Wine Case?

By |2020-04-13T20:45:24+00:00December 31st, 2018|Liquor Case Discussion|

As the liquor industry anticipates a groundbreaking decision in the Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Blair (Tennessee Wine) case, the Supreme Court has the option to render a decision and yet at the same time defer making any groundbreaking legal precedent. To all us legal geeks out there, it is a disappointing option […]

DISRUPTORS PART II: THE DYNAMIC DUO OF DISRUPTION-TANFORD AND EPSTEIN/TO THEIR ADVERSARIES THE DYNAMIC DUO OF DESTRUCTION

By |2018-12-25T00:00:25+00:00December 25th, 2018|Liquor Industry Insights|

Disclaimer: The video is not presenting this as a battle of good v. evil or one side over another. I thought it was a witty display of Tanford and Epstein. Also, this post does not seek to bias the reader to one side over another.  I am providing an observation based on what I have […]
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