Alcohol 101: Alcohol Beverage and Distribution Law

This course, presented by McDermott Will & Emery LLP partner Marc Sorini, provides an overview of alcohol beverage and distribution law in the U.S.  Starting with general principles, Sorini takes participants through the legal categorization of different types of beverages, the industry's primary regulators, excise taxes, the concepts of "control" versus "open" state regulation, the "three-tier system," franchise laws, "tied-house" and other trade practice restrictions, and the regulation of labeling and advertising.

Learning Objectives:

I.    Recognize the overarching themes of alcohol regulation in the United States

II.   Identify the multiple jurisdictions and agencies with a role in regulating and taxing alcohol beverages

III.  Introduce the basic concepts of excise taxation as applied to alcohol beverages

IV.  Understand the categorization of different type of alcohol beverages

V.   Grasp the foundational concepts necessary to understand the distribution and sale of alcohol beverages