FTC Looking at State Laws, But Why?

Look out, the feds are at it again. The Federal Trade Commission, the federal agency charged with consumer protection and antitrust enforcement, is on the march to ferret out those states which have alcohol codes it deems to be anticompetitive, particularly in light of the recent Costco case and Granholm Supreme Court decision.The components of state alcohol code that are of unique interest to the FTC seem to be price posting regulations, bans on credit, and bans on volume discounts,