Starting up a business is capital intensive. You wonder when the bleeding will stop. At the very least, you want to get the tax deductions for your st...
Tax Credit For Certain New Hires
Labor costs are one of the biggest expenses of any small business. The total cost of an employee is every increasing with laws requiring various insur...
Real stories and lesson from the trenches at the NY Liquor Authority
Second Chances Are Harder to Get These Days If you have a retail liquor license with a history of violations, you may be denied an application for a r...
Your Questions About TTB Policy, Answered.
May an industry member participate in a retailer-initiated marketing or promotional program that results in the industry member furnishing the retaile...
Questions and Answers on Unlawful Trade Practices Under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act
Does section 6.53 imply that all alcoholic beverage advertising in a ballpark, racetrack, or stadium by a wholesaler or producer is prohibited? No, th...
Use of Dissimilar Goods as “Free Goods”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has reviewed its position, as stated in ATF Ruling 75-33, 1975 ATF C.B. 34, that “free goods” ...
Product Displays
Things of value supplied by industry members to retailers are prohibited, both by law (26 USC § 205 (b)(3)) and regulation (27 CFR § 6.41) under the...
Tie-In Sales — An Unlawful Trade Practice
What is a Tie-in Sale? A tie-in sale occurs when an industry member requires a retailer to purchase a product that the retailer did not want to purcha...
Another Descriptive Advertising Lawsuit: Grubhub Sued Over Delivery Prices
According to the complaint being proposed as a class action suit, when customers ordered food through the Grubhub app, they were shown different deliv...
Talk About a Shitty Day at Work!
A grocery store warehouse company had a most unusual situation- someone was defecating (pooping) around the food warehouse. The employer wanted to ide...