In a narrow 5-4 ruling the Oklahoma Supreme Court found as unconstitutional a law requiring the top 25 brands of wine and spirits be sold to every Oklahoma distributor.
The overturned law essentially deemed null and void a 2016 constitutional amendment approved by voters which allowed manufacturers to choose a single wholesaler. (This amendment also allowed […]
The New Year and new decade are upon us. Flower Power and epic battles in liquor will highlight this year.
Here are some of my predictions for 2020:
2020 is the year of important legal battles. The calendar will only turn 15 days before […]
Today I want to share with you my picks of the winners and losers in the liquor space for 2019.
They exploded this year and are here to stay. They cannot even make them fast enough.
With DTC options increasing […]
Government agencies around the Midwest have been in the news lately about their liquor systems. Michigan’s liquor system has become a complete folly under which product availability is running short, while Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division faces claims from a whistle-blower that it illegally and excessively marked up the price of alcohol product.
The State of Michigan is 1 of 17 states that is considered a control state for liquor purposes. In control states the government has a monopoly over the wholesale or retail aspect of a complete category of liquor. For example, in North Carolina the only source in which to purchase spirits from is a State […]
MODERATOR – WESLEY GEISELMAN, Of Counsel, Post Polak, P.A.,
Panelists: RUSSELL THOMAS, Executive Director, Tennessee ABCC
SEAN O’LEARY, President, O’Leary Law & Policy Group, LLC, Elmhurst IL
ANNA HIRAI, Assistant Administrator, Honolulu Liquor Commission
ADENA SANTIAGO, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP, Washington, DC
The one […]
I want to thank the Federalist Society for allowing me to put on a panel about the Future of the 21st Amendment.
It was an honor to moderate this panel which featured two great legal minds well versed in 21st Amendment issues.
Professor Alex Tanford, constitutional law Professor […]
We heard “daddy” from the back of the room, little did we know that Brendan O’Leary actually had his hand up for a question and wanted to be heard.
I am moderating a panel with Professor Alex Tanford and the Solicitor General of Ohio Ben Flowers on the future of the 21st Amendment. It is rare to have two such highly esteemed legal minds discussing liquor issues.
Don’t miss this great panel: The Future of the 21st Amendment will be shaped by great legal minds like […]
There are presently 17 control or monopoly states (plus Montgomery County, Maryland), where the state operates and controls part of the liquor system. The control ranges from numerous states like New Hampshire and North Carolina where the state controls the sale of spirits to states like Michigan and West Virginia where the state controls the […]