The 16th annual Center for Alcohol Policy Legal Conference will be held in Philadelphia. The conference starts with a reception on August 28 and ends around lunchtime on the 30th. The agenda for the conference is once again very strong covering a wide variety of important issues ranging from antitrust to the STOP Act to…Read More
16th Annual Center for Alcohol Policy Legal Conference to be held in Philadelphia on August 29 & 30.
August 9, 2023 All
6th Circuit Affirms in Part, Reverses in Part in Ohio Retailer Shipping Case
July 18, 2023 21st Amendment Alcohol Regulation All Supreme Court
The 6th Circuit has ruled on an appeal of the challenge to Ohio’s retailer shipping laws. As a result, the district court will likely have a chance to clarify her previous decision as the 6th Circuit asked for a new review of the evidence. A copy of the decision can be found here. The 6th…Read More
Renewed Attention to Robinson-Patman Act is Potentially Good for State Alcohol Pricing Laws
April 14, 2023 All
Guest Column: Paul Pisano, National Beer Wholesalers Association State alcohol pricing laws have several interrelated forms, but all seek to “level the playing field” with pricing practices between suppliers and their wholesalers or supplier/wholesalers with retailers. The concept that the small convenience store should have the same shot at the pricing of a big box…Read More
15th Annual Center for Alcohol Policy Legal Conference to be held August 30 and 31 in Nashville
July 27, 2022 21st Amendment Alcohol Regulation All
I am excited to be a part of the 15th Center for Alcohol Policy Legal Conference which will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference starts with a reception the evening of August 29 and then goes all day the 30th and half the day on Wednesday the 30th. Registration can be found here. There…Read More
First Half of 2022 State Alcohol Litigation Roundup
May 9, 2022 All
Last year I provided an update on alcohol litigation against the states. Like last year, there continues to be a significant narrowing in the types of active litigation but a stubborn volume of specific challenges under one remaining theory: the dormant Commerce Clause. For the most part, these lawsuits are attempts by out-of-state retailers to…Read More
