Tag: defendant

Episode 538: June 6, 201520150607023547

Episode 538: June 6, 2015

Mark GillespieJune 7, 2015Angel's Envy, anniversary, Ardmore, Arkansas, Bacardi, Barry Stewart, Beam Suntory, Bernard Walsh, Bernheim, Blended Malt, Bordeaux, Bottled in Bond, Brendan Buckley, Brewdog, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, California, Cecelia Henderson, charges, Château Léoville Barton, Chris Ratcliff, Chuck Cowdery, class action, construction, consumer, Conyngham, Cooley, court, Creative Whisky Company, crowdfunding, David Stirk, defendant, Diageo, dispute, Douglas Laing & Co., Equity for Punks, estate, executor, experiment, family, Flora & Fauna, Forty Creek, Gilbert Curtsinger, Green Spot, Grimsby, guilty, Harlen Wheatley, hug, indictment, Invergordon, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey Association, Jim Beam, Joe Hyman, John Hall, Justin Victor, Kazerouni Law Group, Klaus Doblmann, labeling, Lane Castle, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, Lee Tatum, Leslie Wright, Lincoln Henderson, Linkwood, litigation, Little Rock, Maker's Mark, Mark Brown, Midleton, Mount Charles, Ontario, organized crime, pallet, Pappy Van Winkle, Phil Brandon, plea, racketeering, ringleader, Rock Town Distillery, Ronnie Eddins, Scallywag, Shelby County, Single Oak Project, Single Pot Still, Spirited Brands, Teun Van Wel, theft, Three Grain Harmony, Triple Wood, W.L. Weller, Wes Henderson, will, Zsoka McDonald0 comments

This week, we’re looking at the end of an experiment nearly 14 years in the making…Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project. The attempt t...

Diageo To Fight Bulleit Bourbon Class-Action Lawsuit20150603175534

Diageo To Fight Bulleit Bourbon Class-Action Lawsuit

Mark GillespieJune 3, 2015Abbas Kazerounian, Beam Suntory, Bulleit Bourbon, class action, court, defendant, Diageo, Diageo Americas Supply, Federal, Four Roses, Hyde & Swigart, Jim Beam, Kazerouni Law Group, label, language, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, Maker's Mark, Mamadou M'Baye, plaintiff, Shelby County, Zsoka McDonald1 comment

June 3, 2015 – Diageo’s Bulleit Bourbon is the latest whisky brand to be targeted by two California law firms specializing in class-action...

Episode 527: March 28, 201520150328230240

Episode 527: March 28, 2015

Mark GillespieMarch 28, 2015@Scalias_boner, acquisition, Adolph Rupp, adventure, adviser, anniversary, Ardbeg, Armoirk, attorney, auction, Award, Bardstown, basketball, Beam Suntory, bedtime stories, bids, board, bottling, California, Carole Andreen-Harris, Center for Academic and Tutorial Services, charity, Churchill Downs, class action, Clermont, Cleveland Whiskey, coach, collecting, commemorative, Compass Box, construction, Coxs Creek, culture, deal, death, defendant, Diageo, Drammie Awards, Drammies, Echlinville, economic, economic development, English Whisky Company, Feckin, Forged Oak, ForWhiskeyLovers.com, founder, Four Roses, Fourth Street Live, France, Fred Minnick, Glenfarclas, Hedonism Quindecimus, horse racing, information, interviews, investment, Ireland, Irish, Islay, J. Cobliegh, James Nelstrop, Japan, Jeffrey David, Jennifer Bramseth, Jim Beam, Jim Cherwinski, jobs, John Grant, Keeneland, Ken Goldenberg, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Laphroaig, Lawson, lawsuit, lawyer, Linda Harrison, Louisville, Maker's 46 Mile, Maker's Mark, Mark Williams, McTears, merger, news, Northern Ireland, Orphan Barrel, painting, peat bog, Peat Monster, Perpetuum, photo, Phyl Divine, plaintiff, Prime Minister, retail, Shane Braniff, Shinzō Abe, St. Feckin, Steven Sawtelle, Suntory, Takeshi Niinami, Thoroughbred, Tito's, Tokyo, Tom Lix, Torii, Travel, Twitter, University of Kentucky, Urban Stillhouse, voting, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming0 comments

Suntory Holdings CEO Takeshi Niinami is one of Japan’s leading business executives. He’s the first CEO from outside the founding Torii fa...

Jim Beam Moves to Dismiss Class-Action Lawsuit20150320221943

Jim Beam Moves to Dismiss Class-Action Lawsuit

Mark GillespieMarch 20, 2015Abbas Kazerounian, attorney, Beam Suntory, California, claim, class action, consumer, court, defendant, Federal, filing, handcrafted, handmade, Jim Beam, label, label approval, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, Maker's Mark, motion, plaintiff, safe harbor, San Diego, Scott Belk, Tax & Trade Bureau, TTB0 comments

March 20, 2015 – Beam Suntory hopes a federal court hearing scheduled for May 4 in San Diego will lead to the dismissal of a second class-action...

Episode 525: March 14, 201520150314214940

Episode 525: March 14, 2015

Mark GillespieMarch 14, 2015Abbas Kazerounian, activist, Adam Slagell, allegations, alleged, American Craft Council, Andrew Weir, Andy Weir, anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Armorik, arraignment, Arran, arrest, Australia, Beckmann, Bernheim, Bert Rutkowski, Billy Leighton, Black Barrel, blade, Bob Kramer, Bob Townsend, bond, Boris Nemtsov, Breton, Brian Kinsman, Brittany, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Casa Cuervo, Chancellor, chef, class action, CNN, Colorado, Colum Egan, comments, cooking, court, craft, Cruinnich, Dair Ghaelach, David Roussier, David Stewart, defendant, Derrick Legrow, Diageo, Distillerie Warenghem, domestic, Don Julio, Dublin, duty, economic, economy, election, Europe, Exchequer, feedback, France, Franklin County, Gaelic, George Osborne, Ghosted Reserve, Gilbert Curtsinger, Green Label, hand-made, Heaven Hill, High Mountain Distillery, I.W. Bernheim, I.W. Harper, impact, Inverleven, Ireland, Irish, Isaac Wolfe Bernheim, Ivan Stoler, Jack Johnson, Jameson, Jameson Experience, Jim Beam, Johnnie Walker, knife, Ladyburn, lawsuit, lawyer, Lexington, litigation, Maker's Mark, Midleton, Mike Lisac, Moor, mystery, Old Jameson Distillery, Old Midleton Distillery, Olympia, P.T. Wood, Pappy, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Pat Melton, plaintiff, Provence, Proximo Spirits, Rare Cask Reserves, Rare Craft Fellowship Awards, Roof Rye, Russia, sales, Salida, Scotch Whisky Association, Sheriff, shyster, steroids, suspect, SWA, Talisker, tax, tax cut, tequila, Terry Lozoff, The Balvenie, theft, Top Chef, tourism, Travel, Travel Channel, Tullamore Dew, Tun 1401, Tun 1509, visitors, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons, WKYT1 comment

Anthony Bourdain is many things…a chef, author, journalist, and media personality. At heart, though, he’s a hedonist seeking pleasure from...

Episode 524: March 7, 201520150308083429

Episode 524: March 7, 2015

Mark GillespieMarch 8, 2015Abbas Kazerouni, age statement, Alberta, Arran, attorney, babermac, Beam Suntory, Bob Lekan, Bomberger, Bomberger's, bottling line, Bourbon, Breckenridge Distillery, Brown-Forman, budget, cease and desist, Chicago, Chris Bauder, class action, Cleveland, Clipper, Colorado, competition, construction, consumer, containment, Cook County Chancery Court, craft, damages, defendant, Diageo, Dick Stoll, DISCUS, dispute, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, earnings, Edwin Vargas, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, entry form, environment, Evan Williams Single Barrel, Federal, Fireball, flavored, Fort Nelson, Founder's Reserve, Four Roses Limited Edition Single Barrel, fraud, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Dickel, Green Label, hand-made, historic, Huber, Indiana, Islay, Jack Daniel's, James Allan, Jim Beam, Joe Magliocco, John Lunn, Johnnie Walker, Kazerouni Law Group, labeling, Lawrenceburg, lawsuit, lawyer, liability, litigation, Louisville, Maker's Mark, MGP-I, Michter's, misrepresentation, misspoke, mystery, ocean, Old Pulteney, Orphan Barrel, pallets, Paul Varga, Pennsylvania, Peter Cressy, Pierre Weydert, plaintiff, premium, professor, Rebecca Sterritt, resignation, response, restoration, retraction, Ryan Engen, Ryan Irvine, safe harbor, sailing, sales, Sazerac, Scotch Test Dummies, Scotland, search, Shively, small batch, Society Insurance, spill, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Starlight, Stitzel-Weller, Switzerland, Templeton Rye, Tennessee Fire, The Glenlivet, Tito's, Tomatin, trademark, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, vodka, warehouse, Whiskey Row, whiskey seeker, whiskeyryan, Whiskies & Spirits Conference, whisky club, Whisky Magazine, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards, Wyoming Whiskey, yacht, Yamazaki1 comment

Lawyers are circling around the whisky industry, much like sharks around a shipwreck. At least five different US distillers and bottlers have been hit...

Ruling Expected Soon on Motion to Dismiss Maker’s Mark Lawsuit20150303143239

Ruling Expected Soon on Motion to Dismiss Maker’s Mark Lawsuit

Mark GillespieMarch 3, 2015Abbas Kazerouni, attorney, California, class action, consumer protection, court, defendant, false advertising, Federal, hand-made, handmade, Jim Beam, John Houston, Joshua Swigert, judge, Kazerouni Law Group, label approval, labeling, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, litigation, Loretto, Maker's Mark, Mona Amini, plaintiff, safe harbor, Safora Nowruzi, San Diego, Tax & Trade Bureau, Travis Williams0 comments

March 2, 2015 – A hearing originally scheduled for today in the proposed class-action lawsuit against Maker’s Mark has been cancelled. U.S...