Settling a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission, the maker of the drink agrees to warn on its label that it really has quite a lot of alcohol in it and can get you tipsy without having to go back often for refills. As Elie Mystal notes, the “warning” might fit rather nicely into the beverage’s marketing strategy. Scott Greenfield has thought of a parallel case.
Posts Tagged ‘alcohol’
“CA bars may soon be able to serve infused alcohol”
A victory for California consumers and producers in search of artisanal tippling. [San Francisco Chronicle, last year]
NYC cracks down on dogs in bars
And community is undermined as a result, argues Thom Lambert at Truth on the Market.
EEOC: drinking history no reason to withhold heavy trucking jobs
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., an interstate trucking company, doesn’t want to put drivers with a history of drinking problems behind the wheel, and has accordingly been sued by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), under which alcoholism is considered a protected condition. I’ve got details in a new post at Cato at Liberty (& Bader/CEI, Lachlan Markay/Heritage, Fox News).
Breathe into the steering wheel now
Alcohol interlocks and our dystopian driving future [Rick Berman, Daily Caller; earlier here, here, etc.]
Laws against being a drunken car passenger
At least when enforced, they send dubious signals to revelers [Scott Greenfield]
Fla.: police can be sued for releasing drunk
Better lock ’em up? A Florida appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against the city of Boca Raton over its police department’s decision to release from police custody a highly intoxicated 24-year-old, Christopher Milanese, who then walked onto railroad tracks and was fatally struck by a train. [South Florida Sun-Sentinel; opinion courtesy Leagle]
Liquor store licensing rules
They could drive you to drink — especially if you’re not politically well-connected [Coyote]
Canada: Drunkenness as defense in sex assault?
Ontario: “A judge has reopened a major legal controversy by ruling that accused people can claim they were too drunk to be found culpable of committing crimes.” [Globe & Mail]
The value of a liquor license moratorium
A moratorium on new liquor licenses in Washington, D.C.’s popular Adams-Morgan neighborhood might account for why an existing license appears curiously valuable. [Matthew Yglesias]