For years state regulations and statutes have been under constant and sometimes successful attacks from Commerce Clause challenges. Now another line of constitutional attacks is coming on the horizon and could weaken state regulatory authority.
Recently, plaintiffs have become more embolden to utilize 1st Amendment attacks on a state’s legal authority to regulate liquor matters.
President Trump signs into law the 2018 Farm Bill which legalizes hemp.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cbd-and-hemp-are-now-legal-in-the-us-so-what-does-that-mean-for-pot-companies-2018-12-20
There is a common saying that “technology transformed the world!” In many walks of life that is true and we see it before our own very eyes. When I first entered the liquor world I heard the same refrain,”technology will […]
https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-24446.pdf
The proposed Illinois “of value” regulations sailed through its final hurdle without objections. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules did not object to the draft rules. Once the agency adopts the rule, which is a formality, it should become final.
Here is a copy of the “of value” proposed regulations that should become final soon.
http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/SecondNotices/110100-1807735r02.pdf
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 […]
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 […]
The TTB’s (Federal Tax and Trade Bureau) investigations into trade practice violations became a major news story when it was announced that it entered into joint investigations with the Florida and Illinois liquor enforcement agencies. The importance of these issues became very newsworthy when Warsteiner entered into a $900,000 Offer-in-Compromise […]
Because Illinois is a dual licensing state, obtaining a retail liquor license is a multi-step process. The first step to success is obtaining a local liquor license, if you do not obtain the local license, the state license is impossible to get. In order to get the local liquor license, you may need to go […]