Bahaneh Hobel to Moderate Granholm Anniversary Panel at 2025 NCSLA Annual Conference
DP&F Partner Bahaneh Hobel, who leads the firm’s Alcohol Beverage Law & Compliance group, will moderate a panel this month on the 20th anniversary of Granholm v. Heald, the Supreme Court’s seminal case that changed the course for direct to consumer shipping, for the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators (NCSLA), in Maui, June 15-18.
In addition to acting as panel moderator, Bahaneh also served on the Planning Committee for the 2025 NCSLA Annual and Regional Conference.
The 2025 NCSLA Annual Conference will also feature panels on topics relevant to today’s alcohol beverage industry, including sessions on antitrust, perspectives from regulators on modernizing regulatory agencies, venture capital in the alcohol industry and private labels.
FROM NCSLA - 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF GRANHOLM: WHERE ARE WE NOW & WHERE ARE WE GOING?
It has been 20 years since the Granholm decision and six years since the Tennessee Wine decision. Constitutional challenges continue to pit the 21st amendment and the commerce clause and states must now tailor legislation to avoid these challenges. Come hear from our panel of experts, two of which were involved in the original Granholm case, to explore the newest challenges to the 21st amendment, state responses and best practices to avoid a challenge along with the impact of Granholm litigation on legislation and regulation.
Moderator:
BAHANEH HOBEL, Partner, Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty
Panelists:
STEVE GROSS, Vice President, State Relations, Wine Institute
DONALD MCGEHEE, Michigan Attorney General, Division Chief Alcohol Enforcement
JASON BARKER, Partner, Holland & Knight
CAROLINE O’CONNELL, Principal, Caroline O’Connell Law, LLC
