Irish Liquor Lawyer contributed to a Forbes article on the TTB Trade Practice Investigations in Illinois. I talked about why these cases are settled and whether the TTB could actually prove its case if challenged.
My dad was an off the boat immigrant from Ireland who had a friend named “Red” Dave Cahill, a successful building contractor. Red Dave used his hard earned money to fund a hobby, greyhound racing. Like all his ventures, he made a great amount of money off this endeavor. When I asked my dad why […]
Irish Liquor Lawyer is honored to work with Crain’s Chicago Business on this article. Crain’s is Chicago’s leading business publication.
There is a common saying that “technology transformed the world!” In many walks of life that is true and we see it before our own very eyes. When I first entered the liquor world I heard the same refrain,”technology will […]
Introduction
The Lebamoff case out of the 7th Circuit was a strongly written opinion by Chief Judge Diane Wood to influence the Supreme Court’s direction in the upcoming Tennessee Wine case.
With a Supreme Court case, Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Byrd, set for hearing that will probably deal with […]
The 7th Circuit reversed a Federal District Court decision which decided that an Illinois’ law prohibiting out-of-state retailer shipping was constitutional.
In reversing the District Court Judge Wood’s opinion held: “The district court accepted Illinois’s reasoning and dismissed the case with prejudice. We conclude that it was too quick to do so in the face of […]
Irish Liquor Lawyer just got word that Bryd oral argument set for the Supreme Court January 16th at 11:00 am.
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