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Sixty-one is not a number lawyers throw around lightly. That's how many organizations, states, and legal scholars just told the U.S. Supreme Court they think a 158-year-old federal law needs to go. Not a handful of activists. Not one advocacy group with an axe to grind. Sixty-one separate parties,

The Dog Toy That Wouldn't Die: Ninth Circuit Hands Jack Daniel's Another Courtroom Defeat in the Bad Spaniels Saga After more than a decade of litigation that has wound through federal district courts, the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court, a squeaky rubber dog toy shaped like a b

A Third Strike Against Bardstown Bourbon Company: New Lawsuit Deepens Discrimination and Fraud Claims What began as a single whistleblower lawsuit filed in the dead of a Kentucky winter has ballooned into a full-blown legal crisis for one of the bourbon industry's most closely watched distilleries

An Ohio Brewery Owner, a Copper Pot Still, and the Future of Federal Power It is not every day that a man's desire to make a small batch of bourbon at home winds up at the steps of the United States Supreme Court. But John Ream, an accomplished aerospace engineer and brewery owner from Ohio, would

Uncle Nearest's Martha's Vineyard Property Finds a New Buyer — But the Road There Was Anything But Smooth The story of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey has always carried a particular American weight — a brand built on the legacy of Nearest Green, the man history credits with teaching Jack Daniel how

The Receiver Fires Back: Inside Uncle Nearest's Stunning Counterclaim Against Farm Credit Mid-America What began as a straightforward, if brutal, lender enforcement action has taken a turn that almost nobody saw coming. The court-appointed receiver overseeing the battered Uncle Nearest whiskey emp

The Fall of an Icon: How Uncle Nearest's Martha's Vineyard Property Became the First Domino Few stories in American spirits have carried the emotional weight of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. Built from scratch on the long-buried legacy of Nathan "Nearest" Green — the man who taught Jack Daniel to

Judge Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Bardstown Bourbon Whistleblower, Deepening Scrutiny of the Distillery's Corporate Culture A Kentucky circuit court judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit that a former Bardstown Bourbon Company executive filed against the whistleblower at the center of a h

A Dream Project at The Kentucky Castle Is Now Mired in Debt and Litigation When Wes Henderson sold Angel's Envy to Bacardi in 2015, it capped one of the most celebrated entrepreneurial runs in modern bourbon history. The brand he built alongside his father, the late master distiller Lincoln Hender

A Potential Buyer Has Emerged for Uncle Nearest — and the Mystery Runs Deep Nine months of courtroom battles, mounting debt, workforce cuts, and a founder stripped of control have brought one of the most remarkable brands in American whiskey to an unexpected crossroads. On June 1, 2026, court-appo