The TTB has finally caught the big fish. The TTB announced that it accepted a $2.5 million offer in compromise from Heineken.
The TTB alleged that Heineken offered BrewLock draft systems at no charge, these systems are developed by Heineken and only work with kegs from Heineken. Because of the nature of the system, retailers were […]
A Federal District Court judge granted the state’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s case more to follow! Sarasota Wine Market, LLC et al v. Greitens et al 4:17-cv-02792-HEA
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 […]
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.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-24446.pdf