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Supreme Court Clears the Way For Wine To Flow In And Out Of States
The Supreme Court gave a cork-popping victory to the wine industry May 16, striking down state laws that barred consumers from receiving direct shipment of wines from out-of-state wineries.
And the decision is likely to elevate e-sales of wine, according to an attorney who specializes in online business. Some vintners in New York state, one of the states involved in the litigation that the Supreme Court settled last month, estimate online wine sales tipping up by 5%. The Empire State is the nation's third-largest producer of grapes for wine and grape juice, after California and Washington.
“This is the best day for wine-lovers since the invention of the corkscrew,” says Clint Bolick, the strategic litigation counsel for the Institute for Justice, who argued before the Court on behalf of Virginia winemaker Juanita Swedenburg. Swedenburg was barred from shipping her wines to New York customers because of that state's law ' similar to the laws of more than 20 other states ' that allows only in-state wineries to ship wines to New Yorkers.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?