Legal Insights - Brewers Association https://www.brewersassociation.org/category/legal-insights/ For Small and Independent Craft Brewers Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:17:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 Intoxicating Hemp Beverages – A Legal Primer https://www.brewersassociation.org/legal-insights/intoxicating-hemp-beverages-a-legal-primer/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.brewersassociation.org/?p=162062 Marc Sorini explains where "intoxicating hemp beverages" currently fit in the U.S. regulatory structure and what brewers need to know.

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]]> Federal Antitrust Regulators Publish Revised Merger Guidelines https://www.brewersassociation.org/legal-insights/federal-antitrust-regulators-publish-revised-merger-guidelines/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:50:34 +0000 https://www.brewersassociation.org/?p=161827 Federal regulators have published a final version of their Merger Guidelines aimed at protecting fair competition in the U.S. economy.

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]]> Brewers Association Submits Comments on Revised Federal Merger Guidelines https://www.brewersassociation.org/legal-insights/brewers-association-submits-comments-on-revised-federal-merger-guidelines/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.brewersassociation.org/?p=159125 On September 18 the BA submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission concerning the agency's revised draft Merger Guidelines.

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]]> BA Urges TTB to Curtail Category Captain, Sponsorship, and Other Anti-Competitive Practices https://www.brewersassociation.org/legal-insights/ba-comments-on-ttb-trade-practice-modernization/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 18:27:54 +0000 https://www.brewersassociation.org/?p=157099 The Brewers Association recently filed comments on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Notice 216, Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations.

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]]> Supreme Court Opinion Favors Position Taken by the Brewers Association in Important Trademark Law Ruling https://www.brewersassociation.org/legal-insights/supreme-court-opinion-favors-position-taken-by-the-brewers-association-in-important-trademark-law-ruling/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:28:44 +0000 https://www.brewersassociation.org/?p=156643 The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in favor of Jack Daniel's Properties vindicated brand owners' trademark rights and reflected the positions taken by the Brewers Association and other industry trade groups.

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