Is Blue Cloud the New Uber?
Uber earned their spurs by challenging regulations throughout the country, which protected cab companies from competition. Cab companies were highly regulated and the barrier to entry to their marketplace was significantly high. In order to get into the market, someone needed to purchase a cab medallion, […]
Texas Best Road to Take for E-Commerce
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control (TABC) drafted a Marketing Practices Advisory (Advisory), on E-Commerce Advertising and Sales Platforms, which deals with how to regulate e-commerce in the liquor space. It recently held a stakeholders meeting, where it took feedback from the industry. As there were […]
Uniform Law Commission and its Questionable Constitutional Mandates
The Uniform Law Commission will meet in Philadelphia from July 8, to July 14, 2022 to consider adopting proposals including one named, Alcohol Direct-Shipping Compliance Act Draft (ACT), which of course deals with adopting a model law for states to consider when […]
TARHEEL STATE FAILS AND CONSUMERS ARE GUILTY
North Carolina is a state I love and as alum of their flagship state university, I can tell you there is no place better to go to school. Also, it is a state of great people and culture, the only negatives about the state are […]
Time for the FTC to reemerge on the spirits issue
Recently, I was reading the Granholm case and came across part of the decision that intrigued me. In Granholm the Supreme Court cited to an FTC Report on wine shipping. One particular part of Granholm, specifically intrigued me when the Court stated:
The increasing winery-to-wholesaler […]
The Michigan Consumer: The Ultimate Battered Dog
I write this piece to the Michigan consumer. I love your state, the people are great, the weather isn’t always the best, but I love the landscape, and you have a lot of Tim Horton’s restaurants. But I am concerned how your government is treating […]
When The Liquor World Got Better
Two years ago today, my partners Julia Momose, Ian Beacraft, and I succeeded in our movement to legalize cocktails-to-go in Illinois. Through the months of struggle and late-night zoom calls, we succeeded in breaking new ground.
When we proposed cocktails-to-go it was a radical idea that was only available […]
Does Size Really Matter, the DTC Spirits Shipping debate
The California DTC spirits shipping bill really has brought to life the issue of whether size matters. In the bill to allow DTC spirits shipping, it seems the Teamsters, which once objected to the bill, now favors it because there will be a […]
Illinois’ Bottle Deposit Fee: How to make a market more uncompetitive
Illinois HB1799 would impose on the consumer a deposit fee of 5 cents on each beverage container sold. If the consumer returns the beverage container, it would be entitled to a refund.
Many would deem this a benevolent bill that seems […]