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

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

(previous post) Michigan Secures 21st Amendment Enforcement Act Wins I failed to cover the recent developments in Michigan where the Michigan Attorney General’s Office secured two consent orders against two out-of-state shippers who were illegally selling alcohol into the state. The Michigan Attorney General’s office filed its complaints under the 27 USC 122(a) which is…Read More

I am looking forward to attending the 14th annual Center for Alcohol Policy’s Law and Policy Conference to be held at the Hyatt Centric hotel in Chicago on August 30 and 31.   It will be good to talk about the dormant Commerce Clause with people in the same room again! This year’s conference will feature…Read More