NCSLA Central/Western Regional Conference 2019, Portland, Part I

By |2020-04-13T21:10:48+00:00September 22nd, 2019|Conference Reviews|

Sponsorship Agreements

Moderator:

Carrie Bonnington, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Panelists:

Matthew Botting, General Counsel, California ABC

Susan Johnson, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP

Michael Feldman, General Counsel, Levy Restaurants and Former General Counsel to a Minor League baseball team in Chicago

Another great panel by Carrie Bonnington dealing with sponsorships. Most of the discussion focused on the sponsorship […]

NCSLA Louisville 2019, Part III: Legal Update: Why Regulation Matters, Richard Blau

By |2020-04-13T21:10:48+00:00July 22nd, 2019|Conference Reviews|

A great solo panel by Richard Blau. I don’t know how he does it by himself, lots of stamina and lots of work, but he always pulls it off!

Summary/Takeaways

A great presentation by Richard Blau who always raises great points.

I think the takeaways are about relevance and how relevance must be an important part […]

NCSLA 2019 Louisville, Part II: Understanding 3rd party arrangements

By |2020-04-13T21:10:48+00:00July 8th, 2019|Conference Reviews|

Do I really Understand (How to Get Product to Consumers) APs, Custom Production, Fulfillment Houses, and Brand Building?

Moderator: Carrie Bonnington

Panelists: Laine Adderley; Paul Gatza; and Tom Kirby.

A great panel moderated by Carrie Bonnington who always does an amazing job moderating a panel.

This panel had an interesting perspective, it dealt with issues […]

NCSLA 2019 Louisville, Part I: Is Temperance Dead or Dormant?

By |2020-04-13T21:10:48+00:00June 20th, 2019|Conference Reviews|

This panel looked at whether temperance was dead or dormant as a justification for liquor regulations and statutes.

The panel consisted of Lester Jones an Economist with the National Beer Wholesalers Association; Sean O’Leary (The Irish Liquor Lawyer), President of O’Leary Law and Policy Group, LLC; Alyssa Wolfe, Acting Counsel to the Director of the […]

NCSLA 2018, Pasadena, Part III: What’s in the regulator’s mind?

By |2020-04-13T21:11:04+00:00November 12th, 2018|Conference Reviews|

This is the 3rd and final post on the NCSLA Conference. A great conference full of amazing panels. We are back in frigid Chicago and miss L.A.. Enjoy this great love song to L.A.. See all of you NCSLA members in Louisville, until then, enjoy life to its fullest!
Revealing the Great OZ: Behind […]

NCSLA 2018, Pasadena, Part II: Cannabis Panel

By |2020-04-13T21:11:04+00:00November 8th, 2018|Conference Reviews|

Cannabis legalization: The Alcohol Industry- Spectator or Participant?

Moderator:

Rick Garza, Executive Director, Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board

Panelists:

Rebecca Stamey-White, Partner, Hinman & Carmichael LLP., San Francisco, CA

Rob Patridge, Government Transformation, Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Medford, OR

Mark Gorman, Senior V.P. for Govt. Relations, Distilled Spirits Council

Smoke Wallin, President, Vertica 

 

Introduction

This panel was an interesting discussion […]

NCSLA Central/Western Regional Conference 2018, Pasadena, Part I

By |2020-04-13T21:10:48+00:00November 1st, 2018|Conference Reviews|

 

Irish Liquor Lawyer honored to speak at the home of Rose Bowl

I had the distinct privilege of speaking at this great conference and I am very thankful that Carrie Bonnington, a nationally renowned liquor attorney, selected me for this panel.

 

Many thanks abound for a wonderful conference

Many thanks to Pam Frantz from […]

NCSLA 2018 Atlantic City, Part II

By |2020-04-13T21:11:04+00:00October 7th, 2018|Conference Reviews|

 

 

This is the second half of my review on the NCSLA 2018 Northern/Southern Regional Conference in Atlantic City.

Previously, I reviewed the constitutional law issues.

Greetings from Atlantic City: Constitutional Law Liquor Panel

Today I’m going to cover the other two crucial sessions: 1. TTB trade practice investigations; and 2. Emerging technology and how […]

Greetings from Atlantic City: Constitutional Law Liquor Panel

By |2018-09-24T19:13:30+00:00September 24th, 2018|Conference Reviews|

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 […]

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