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This week, the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco announced that they will accept Quota Beverage License Drawing Entry Forms for forty five days, beginning on the third Monday in August. The entry period began August 20, 2018, and runs until October...
Quite an honor to be considered a “valued extension” to the William Grant & Sons US compliance and legal team. Further, “Ryan Malkin is an expert in alcoholic beverage law with good networks within the industry and with state and federal regulatory bodies,”...
Recreational marijuana use will soon be legal in Canada after the Senate passed Bill C-45 on Tuesday with a vote of 52-29, according to a CNN report. Bill C-45 stems from a campaign pledge of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to keep marijuana away from underage users...
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) released Industry Circular 2018-1A, which clarified the new law authorizing tax cuts on wine announcing that, for a limited time, producing wineries can take full advantage of the value of the new federal excise tax...
The Florida House of Representatives recently amended Florida Statute 561.57 which now takes into account the growing popularity of alcohol delivery services, including online orders and third-party delivery services. Previously, the law did not acknowledge that...
Just as craft distillers did in May, the brewers association also went to Washington D.C. to lobby Congress to make permanent the two-year reduction in federal excise taxes that went into effect January 1, 2018, cutting tax rates for craft brewers from $7 to $3.50 per...
Malkin Law recently wrote about how hemp may be used in alcohol products for SevenFiftyDaily. TTB had previously not provided much guidance on this topic since releasing its hemp policy in 2000. Now, TTB released, through an FAQ, additional explanation. This does not...
San Francisco’s Black Hammer Brewing was ordered by the TTB to cease production of all of its CBD beers. The TTB requires special approval for any non-standard beer ingredients, which the brewery did not receive. Plenty of materials that are food-safe aren’t on that...
The Small Business Administration (SBA), a United States government agency that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses, recently made things harder for loan seekers with even a remote affiliation to the marijuana industry. Previously, SBA refused to...
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB) continues to make its presence known in the unfair trade practice arena. The TTB has accepted a $900,000 offer in compromise from Warsteiner Importers Agency Inc. for alleged violations of the trade practice...