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New Illinois and Chicago Taxes for Direct-to-Consumer Wine Sales

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Direct-to-consumer wine sellers will face confusing, burdensome, and potentially unlawful new tax collection responsibilities beginning in 2021. The Illinois Department of Revenue released Informational Bulletin FY 2021-06...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2019

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Wage and Hour - 80/20 Rule Still Followed in Some Parts - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance doing away with the so-called "80/20 rule" in November 2018. District courts have greeted the new guidance...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Second Circuit Rejects Total Wine Challenge of Connecticut Pricing Laws

Last week, in Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits LLC v. Seagull, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Total Wine & More challenging parts of Connecticut’s...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

"Roll Out the Barrels" and the "Brunch Bill": Proposed North Carolina Legislation of Interest to the Alcohol Industry and...

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There are two bills pending in the North Carolina General Assembly this legislative session that may impact North Carolina breweries, distilleries, retailers, and consumers...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Another Round! – Second Set of Changes to Liquor Code Take Effect on January 16, 2017

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Although short of complete liquor privatization in Pennsylvania, 2016 saw some of the most significant changes to the Commonwealth’s liquor laws in decades. In June of 2016, House Bill 1690 went from a bill that was dead in...more

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Texas Court of Appeals Hands Down Instructive Administrative Law Opinion

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A recent Texas Court of Appeals decision, EATX Coffee, LLC v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, provides an important reminder of how principles of administrative law may check the current trend towards “regulation by...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Pennsylvania Poised for Round Two of Liquor Reforms

Both the Senate and House have passed House Bill 1196 and, based on indications from the Governor, he is expected to sign the bill into law. HB 1196 marks another round of sweeping liquor law reforms that will bring...more

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Liquor Control Board Weighs in on Alcohol Law Changes in Pennsylvania

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Of particular interest to Pennsylvania residents and those doing business in the Commonwealth is the focus on expanding the location and availability of alcohol beyond traditional licensees. A month after Act 39 of 2016...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Great Canadian Beer Run: New Brunswick Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Free Trade as Unconstitutional

Surely there can be no dispute more Canadian than Gérald Comeau’s constitutional challenge to laws preventing him from bringing a few cases of Quebec beer into New Brunswick. Mr. Comeau’s challenge not only succeeded; it...more

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North Carolina General Assembly Week in Review

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The Senate started its budget process this week, with a draft schedule being handed out to senators on Wednesday outlining precisely how the General Assembly can have a budget in place and approved by June 30. Distributed at...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Week in Review - January 2015

Committee deadlines for the 2015 session were established this week: - March 20, committees must act favorably on bills in the house of origin; - March 27, committees must act favorably on bills, or companion...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Perennial Legislative Bloomers

Certain issues come up year after year in the Legislature in the form of unsuccessful proposed bills, with the consistency and reliability of perennial blooms. Some come remarkably close to becoming law. Former State...more

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Amendments to Liquor Control Act Create Safe Harbor For College And University Employees And Students Who Request Police...

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On January 1, 2013, certain amendments to Section 6-16 of the Illinois Liquor Control Act of 1934 (the “Act”) will take effect. These amendments may impact the way that institutions of higher education address underage...more

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