27 Apr, 2023 Consumers Lose Their Shot at Winning "Margarita" Labeling Suit By Ariel Radow Would a reasonable consumer think “margarita” labeled hard seltzers contained tequila? A New York federal judge didn’t think so, tossing...
06 Feb, 2023 DISCUS Says Fireball Whisky's "Adult Trick-or-Treat" Promotion Violates its Guidelines That Prohibit Advertising Appealing to Children By Jeff Greenbaum For Halloween, the Sazerac Company launched a Halloween-themed promotion which entailed selling "adult trick-or-treat" bags filled with...
30 Jan, 2023 Whiskey or Whiskey-Flavored? Consumers are Fired Up About “Fireball Cinnamon” Label By Ariel Radow A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sazerac Company, the maker of Fireball Whiskey, for allegedly misleading consumers into...
13 Jan, 2023 I’ve Got a Gold-Plated Ticket: Brewery CEO Pays Over $500K to Competition Winners Over False Advertising By Kate Patton James Watt, co-founder and CEO of BrewDog, a multinational brewery and pub chain, admitted on LinkedIn that he made a “£500,000 mistake”...
25 Oct, 2022 DISCUS Calls Out Skrewball Whiskey for Multiple Violations of its Advertising Code By Jeff Greenbaum Skrewball Spirits promotes its Skrewball brand of peanut butter whiskey through various social media channels. Recently, the Distilled...
29 Sep, 2022 NFTs, Food, and Alcohol, all at GALA's Annual Advertising Law Conference By Jeff Greenbaum At next month's Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance annual advertising law conference, Global Advertising in an Age of Crisis and Change,...
12 Sep, 2022 You're Invited: "Global Advertising in an Age of Crisis and Change" By Jeff Greenbaum The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance will be holding its annual global advertising law conference on Thursday, October 13, 2022, in...
18 May, 2022 "Bad Taste" is Not Enough to Reject a Beer Label By Jeff Greenbaum Flying Dog Brewery applied to the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission for approval of a label for its Freezin' Season...
19 Apr, 2022 DISCUS Tells Kendall Jenner's 818 Tequila to Pull Social Post Promoting Irresponsible Drinking By Jeff Greenbaum According to the Code of Responsible Practices of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, marketers of distilled spirits...
17 Sep, 2021 The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking Sets Out New Global Standards for Alcohol Marketing By Influencers By Chibundu Okwuosa The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) recently introduced the Responsibility Standards for the Use of Social...
21 May, 2020 Planning to Show a Pool Party in Your Alcohol Advertising? By Jeff Greenbaum SLRRRP makes alcohol-infused gelatin shots. You can buy them in packages of twenty, which include a mixture of shot flavors, including...
20 May, 2020 DISCUS Tells Aviation Gin to Pull Video Showing Excessive and Irresponsible Drinking By Jeff Greenbaum The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States recently told Aviation Gin to pull one of its promotional videos because the video...
06 Apr, 2020 Blame It On The A-A-A-A-A-Active Yeast By Mma Afoaku While rummaging through my refrigerator today, I spied with my little eye something that is fermented by bacteria and yeast, vinegary,...
28 Jan, 2020 Tied Up in Knots? Tied House Laws and the First Amendment By Brian Murphy This post – about alcohol advertising, commercial speech and the First Amendment – is dedicated to the ascetics among us who are coming...
24 Oct, 2019 NAAG Asks Online Retailers to Prevent Illegal Alcohol Sales By Jeff Greenbaum The National Association of Attorneys General sent letters to several online retailers -- including Craigslist, eBay, and Facebook --...
29 Jul, 2019 What Facebook's New Policy Means for Alcohol, Tobacco, and E-Cigarette Content and Sales By Mma Afoaku On July 24, 2019, Facebook rolled out a new policy which limits content and restricts sales of alcohol and tobacco, including...