I am happy to announce that I filed an Amicus Brief in the Sixth Circuit case, Block v. Canepa, which challenges Ohio’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law.
The brief written on behalf of the National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR), challenges Sixth Circuit precedent in Lebamoff v. Whitmer, which erroneously performs a Commerce Clause analysis by […]
Provi and RNDC reached a resolution in their multi-year fight over a lawsuit filed by Provi against RNDC. Provi claimed that RNDC’s actions excluding Provi from the marketplace constituted violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Under the agreement Provi and RNDC agreed to an integration allowing retailers to place orders through Provi’s platform. Retailers will now […]
I am happy to announce that I hit a new milestone today and made my 100th media appearance. I never thought that when I started that I would become the most cited liquor attorney during this time. It has been a great ride with being in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Wine Spectator.
The 100th […]
In early May the news came out that the Oregon Government Ethics Commission (Ethics Commission) rejected a negotiated deal for $500 with former executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC), Steve Marks. Under Marks watch an investigation determined that rare bottles of Pappy Van Winkle that were supposed to be available only […]
Rarely do I post on non-liquor issues, but today is special as the Good Lord allowed me to live long enough to see a White Sox fan and a fellow south side born Chicagoan to become Pope!
It brings me back to Catholic Grammar School to the first Pope I had an affinity to Pope John […]
Although Southern and Provi reached a tentative agreement. A court order stated discovery involving Republic National Distributing (RNDC), shall proceed. The Notification of Docket Entry was entered today.
Counsel for the Plaintiff in Day v. Henry, which challenges Arizona’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law, filed a petition for rehearing. There is optimism to believe the petition will be granted.
The 9th circuit panel ruled in a 2-1 vote to uphold Arizona’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law. What makes this decision different is the analysis […]
There is a Gun N Roses song called “Pretty Tied Up”, and in the middle of the song comes a fascinating verse.
Once you made that money, it costs more now
It might cost a lot more than you’d think
I just found a million dollars that someone forgot
It’s days like this that push me over the brink
Although […]
In Lochner v. New York, Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, wrote one of the most famous lines in America legal history when he stated:
“The Fourteenth Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics” Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45, 75 (1905)
Mr. Spencer’s book Social Statics was a defense of Social Darwinism, and the concept […]
In one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen, the 3rd Circuit a day after issuing its opinion in Jean Paul Weg, LLC v. Director of New Jersey Division of Alcohol Control, vacated its opinion and judgment ruling that it was issued in error. Here is the 3rd circuit ruling
The decision upheld New Jersey’s […]