Lebamoff, an Indiana retailer, sued the State of Michigan because it could not obtain a license to sell and ship its products from Indiana to Michigan customers. Michigan develop a license, a Specially Designed Merchant License (“SDM”), which allowed a license holder to deliver directly to Michigan consumers using a common-carrier, their own vehicles, or […]
In a decision by a Michigan Federal District Court in Lebamoff, the Court ruled against Michigan’s statute that banned out-of-state retailers from shipping wine to in-state consumers.
The big issue the court decided was whether discrimination against interstate commerce on the retail tier as opposed to the producer tier is forbidden by the Commerce Clause or […]
Here is an explanation on my adventures with the United States Supreme Court yesterday. I posted yesterday around 1:30pm that the court granted cert in the Byrd v. Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers case. Around 2:30pm I had to repost on my blog that the link to the page that granted cert disappeared, mysteriously. Here […]
Earlier today the Supreme Court posted on their website that they granted to Cert to hear the Byrd v. Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers case. This case has huge implications on the liquor as the Supreme Court could be deciding whether Granholm extends to retailers or whether it is limited to manufacturers.
Even though two other sources, […]
Greetings from Atlantic City. Today I had the privilege of speaking on a Constitutional Law Panel with some widely admired colleagues. In my opinion, one of the greatest legal minds on liquor issues Richard Blau moderated the panel. Also, I had the privilege of speaking with two very esteemed colleagues, Wes Geiselman and Chris Riano.
We […]
Many states including my home state of Illinois, do not allow out-of-state retailers to ship to in-state customers. Problematically for these states enforcing these laws are tough and sometimes close to impossible. States try different methods to stop out-of-state retailers from shipping to in-state customers, but the states really lack a strong deterrence for stopping […]
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The sad news came out the other day that my hometown company MillerCoors plans to cut 350 salaries positions as part of a restructuring. Although many other brewers made cuts in the past, MillerCoors restructuring worries me, because it faces uncertainty.
In an article in the Chicago Tribune MillerCoors indicated that it discontinued after less […]
I made my first appearance in a major national publication when I appeared in an article about the illegal importation of liquor into Illinois.
Forbes is a great publication and has a distinguished history, I am honored that they utilized me as a liquor expert.
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