On July 10th, 2024, the Northern District Court of Texas issued an order in Hobby Distillers Association, et al., v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, et al. The Court held the federal ban on at-home distilling and other location restrictions for distilled spirits plants unconstitutional. The Court gave the Government 14 days to
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Foreign Producers Should Get Ready for Big CBMA Tax Benefits
The Craft Beverage Modernization Act (CBMA) allows substantially reduced tax rates or credits for both foreign and United States alcohol producers. Some of this was temporary and cumbersome during the past few years, but now that these tax changes appear to be long term, TTB has developed an online system to administer the tax cuts.
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Join Marshall Fawley’s BA Collab Hour
Join Marshall’s talk on TTB label and formula issues, coming up soon. This event is hosted by the Brewers Association on January 13, for BA Members only. The sign-up details are here and the webinar will cover the following:
In this BA Collab Hour webinar, we will discuss common mistakes made during the Alcohol and
FDA to Withdraw Temporary Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Guidance
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the alcohol beverage industry recognized a significant problem facing our communities and pivoted their production to alcohol-based hand sanitizer. These products were donated to first responders and provided to the public-at-large to provide a resource that quickly became a scarce commodity in the fight against the
Marshall Fawley on Legal Talk Today Podcast
In case you missed it, amidst the hoopla about vaccines and the Springsteen-Obama podcasts, make sure you know about Marshall Fawley’s podcast with The Legal Talk Network. Marshall covered a wide variety of spirits law issues as follows.
- Making Booze (Part 1) came out March 5, 2021 and is here
- Making Booze (Part
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Direct to Consumer Spirits Sales
COVID has brought us masks, cabin fever — and plenty of renewed talk about direct to consumer shipping for alcohol beverages. In the July 2020 issue of Craft Spirits magazine, Art DeCelle lays out a path forward, to expand opportunities for DtC shipments of distilled spirits. The article appears at page 42.
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Common Legal Questions from Craft Distillers
Make the best of your quarantine down-time and pick up the latest issue of Craft Spirits magazine. Therein you can read all about the most common legal questions that take craft distillers away from producing and marketing spirits. The above article appears in the April 2020 issue of ACSA’s new magazine, at page 62.
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TTB Lab Closes; Implications for Saké and Flavored Vodka
TTB has closed its lab, according to a TTB Newsletter of yesterday. This further fallout from the pandemic could have a strong and negative impact on saké and flavored vodka imports. Saké and flavored vodka are among the small number of alcohol beverage categories that have been stuck with a lab analysis requirement, during
