Afternoon Brief: Could the U.S. Supreme Court Hear a New Wine Case?

Opponents of Arizona's ban on sales by out-of-state wine retailers are petitioning justices to intervene and clarify a confusing legal tangle...

Afternoon Brief: Supreme Court Hands Wine Trade a Small Victory, but Trump Plots New Levies

The highest court in the US has ruled that sweeping import tariffs exceeded presidential authority, offering a brief reprieve for the global wine trade. The relief may be short-lived, however, as Donald Trump moves swiftly to impose fresh levies under a seldom-used 1974 trade law...

Afternoon Brief, February 20

Afternoon Brief: Retailers Urge Supreme Court to Take Up Key Wine Shipping Case

The Supreme Court of the United States is set to consider a petition for certiorari in the case of Day v. Henry, which, if taken up, would determine whether states may successfully defend discriminatory retailer wine shipping laws by simply declaring them elements of the three-tier system without any supporting evidence...

Afternoon Brief: The Supreme Court Is Poised to Remind States That the Constitution Doesn't Stop at the Liquor Store

Twice in the past two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has heard landmark cases involving protectionist alcohol laws, and twice the Court has made it clear that when states discriminate against out-of-state alcohol businesses, they are running afoul of the U.S. Constitution...

Afternoon Brief: Importers Eagerly Await Supreme Court Decision on IEEPA Tariffs and Potential Tariff Refunds

Alcohol beverage importers may finally get their answer from the United States Supreme Court this week on the validity of the Trump Administration's tariffs issued pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)...