Quality Beverage Files Lawsuit Against Constellation Brands for ‘Intentional...
Massachusetts-based Quality Beverage has filed a lawsuit against Constellation Brands, alleging the bev-alc giant has interfered with its pending sale to wine and spirits wholesaler Martignetti Companies.
View ArticleFTC Seeks Enforcement of Investigative Demand Against Total Wine
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and national bev-alc retailer Total Wine & More are at odds over the chain’s participation in the government agency’s investigation of multi-state wine and...
View Article‘Hemp Is Back’ in NY As Judge Backs Injunction
In a significant win for the burgeoning industry, the New York Supreme Court ordered yesterday a preliminary injunction against the emergency measures that abruptly halted the sale of hemp-derived...
View ArticleTree House Shareholder Suing Co-Owners for Misuse of Company Funds, Lack of...
One shareholder of Massachusetts-based Tree House Brewing has filed a lawsuit against co-owners Nate Lanier and Damien Goudreau, claiming they have misused company funds, neglected to offer shareholder...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission Tells Court Total Wine ‘Relies on Hyperbole,’...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleges that Total Wine & More “will continue to evade its production obligations absent an enforcement order” from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...
View ArticleAppellate Court Rules in Favor of Boston Beer in 2021 Shareholder Lawsuit
Boston Beer Company executives made “inactionable statement[s] of corporate optimism” about sales of Truly Hard Seltzer during its Q1 and Q2 earnings calls in 2021, negating a lawsuit and subsequent...
View ArticleBank Sues D9 Brewing, Community Brewing Ventures and Founders for Breach of...
Huntersville, North Carolina-based D9 Brewing, its co-founders and its parent company Community Brewing Ventures are facing a lawsuit filed by SouthState Bank, National Association, which claims the...
View ArticleNew Jersey Breweries Facing Return of Strict Conditions on Taproom Operations
New Jersey craft brewers are reeling after Gov. Phil Murphy’s conditional veto of a unanimously passed bill that would reform the Garden State’s restrictive conditions for sales and operations at craft...
View ArticleNovember Beer Purchasers’ Index Records First Expansion for Total Beer in 4...
Wholesalers’ beer ordering entered expansion territory in November after four months of contraction, indicating “a more neutral stance for the industry,” according to the National Beer Wholesalers...
View ArticleFTC and Total Wine Approaching Agreement in Investigation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Retail Services & Systems, Inc. (RSSI), parent company of national bev-alc retailer Total Wine & More, have reached a tentative agreement in the FTC’s...
View ArticleFTC and Total Wine Agree on Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Retail Services & Systems, Inc., parent company of national bev-alc retailer Total Wine & More, have finalized a settlement in their dispute over the...
View ArticleBrewbound’s Most-Read Stories of 2023
The fallout surrounding the conservative-led boycott of Anheuser-Busch’s (A-B) Bud Light brand and the accelerated declines that ensued accounted for three of Brewbound’s top stories of 2023. The...
View ArticleHow 2023’s Legal Battles Are Shaping The Future of Bev-Alc
From lawsuits against major distributors to celebrity breakups, it's been a year of high profile BevAlc legal disputes. But what are the most important 2023 cases that lawyers are tracking into the...
View ArticleDecember Beer Purchasers’ Index Returns to Contraction; 5 of 7 Segments Show...
Overall beer ordering contracted again in December after spending one month in expansion territory, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI).
View ArticleNew Jersey Legislature Passes Brewery Operations Reform Bill
For the second time, New Jersey craft breweries are a signature away from having a stringent set of restrictions on their taproom operations removed. Both houses of the state Legislature passed Senate...
View ArticleEx-Bartender Sues Artisanal Brewing Ventures, Claims Tipped Taproom Employees...
A former server has filed a lawsuit against Artisanal Brewing Ventures (ABV) alleging the craft brewery platform violated federal and state labor laws by undercompensating tipped employees and...
View ArticleFrom Cold Box Battles to Direct Shipping: The Key Regulatory Changes Shaping...
With the pandemic-induced rise of ready-to-drink cocktails and e-commerce, bev-alc federal agencies and state legislators have been catching up to an industry with increasingly blurred category lines...
View ArticleNew Jersey Governor Signs Taproom Operation Reform into Law
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill that will ease strict restrictions on the way craft breweries in the state can operate their taprooms.
View ArticleHow a New Law May Open Doors for Japanese Shochu
For decades, the Japanese distilled beverage shochu has been mislabeled in the U.S. as Korean soju, but a new law is clearing up the difference for consumers— and clearing a path for category growth.
View ArticleNorth Carolina’s Edward Teach Brewing Files 2 Defamation Lawsuits Amid Backlash
Edward Teach Brewing (ETB) has filed a pair of lawsuits connected to a Facebook post that the Wilmington, North Carolina-based craft brewery claims defames it and its owner Gary Sholar.
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