Brian Haara
Bourbon. Law. Author.
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Dog Days of Summer Hit Brown-Forman
This week saw the latest development in a 12-year legal battle between Brown-Forman and VIP Products, the maker of a novelty dog chew toy that looks like a bottle of Jack Daniels but makes all kinds of “poop jokes.” It’s been a back-and-forth case… Continue Reading “Dog Days of Summer Hit Brown-Forman”
True Story: Lawsuit Pits Two Bourbon Hall of Famers Against Each Other.
Led by its namesake Bourbon Hall of Famer, Peggy Noe Stevens & Associates has sued TKC Distilling Co. TKC probably does not sound familiar to anyone, and its assumed name, Saga Spirits Group, might not sound any more recognizable. The familiar name is the… Continue Reading “True Story: Lawsuit Pits Two Bourbon Hall of Famers Against Each Other.”
New Sixth Circuit Opinion: The Three-Tier System is Constitutional—Feigning Public Health Concerns to Discriminate is Not.
In a groundbreaking decision and major blow to interstate discrimination under the three-tier system, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati held that Ohio’s discriminatory law prohibiting wine from being shipped to Ohio consumers from outside the state was unconstitutional. (Read Block v.… Continue Reading “New Sixth Circuit Opinion: The Three-Tier System is Constitutional—Feigning Public Health Concerns to Discriminate is Not.”
Mystery Buyer of Barrell Craft Spirits Facility Sued Over Bulk Canadian Whisky
It did not take long for the new owner of Barrell Craft Spirit’s state-of-the-art blending and bottling facility in Louisville to find itself embroiled in a lawsuit. And as a bonus, the lawsuit revealed the surprisingly low cost of Canadian Whisky. Wyoming-based American Craft… Continue Reading “Mystery Buyer of Barrell Craft Spirits Facility Sued Over Bulk Canadian Whisky”
Fire Up Your Home Still!?! Maybe not just yet.
Taxation has always been associated with whiskey in the United States. The nation’s first excise tax, levied in 1791, was on whiskey, and was enacted to fund the national debt incurred during the Revolutionary War. Whiskey would be taxed again to fund subsequent wars,… Continue Reading “Fire Up Your Home Still!?! Maybe not just yet.”
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