The historic whiskey company files Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid legal and financial disputes over control of the brand.

Receiver’s move comes after Fawn Weaver announced bankruptcy filing on Instagram, via news release and said she, company sued Kentucky bank.

As Uncle Nearest files for Chapter 11, its founders are pushing back against what they call a coordinated effort to damage ...

Fran Weaver, the founder, CEO, and largest shareholder of the Uncle Nearest whiskey brand, has lost her bid to take back ...

CEO Fawn Weaver said the move puts her back in charge, but the receiver said she lacked the authority to file for bankruptcy.

Farm Credit Mid-America, a Louisville-based lender, accused Fawn Weaver, the founder of a Tennessee whiskey brand, of financial fraud and concealment.

The sidelined CEO of Uncle Nearest, who hoped filing for bankruptcy would put her back in control of the Tennessee whiskey ...

Filing: Fawn Weaver has no legal authority to seek bankruptcy protection for the whiskey, bourbon brand and distillery now in receivership.

A federal judge ruled that Fawn Weaver’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for Uncle Nearest was unauthorized and in direct violation of a prior court order.

In a video uploaded to Instagram, CEO Fawn Weaver told followers and longtime supporters that she was committed to transparency, ...

The founders, CEO and largest shareholder of Uncle Nearest have filed a lawsuit against Farm Credit Mid-America in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging the lender engaged in a smear ...

Uncle Nearest paid the Guinness World Records $125,000 to have a 518-foot bar at its Tennessee distillery declared “longest bar in the world,” according to a new court filing. The whiskey then ...