The direct shipping game is heating up, folks, now that the Attorneys General are getting involved. WSD has learned that AGs from 39 states signed a strongly-worded letter to the Hon. Hank Johnson, who chairs a House Judiciary subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, asking for relief from "the growing threat" of deregulation. The letter is dated March 29, so it was sent just a few weeks after the controversial Capitol Hill hearing on states' rights regarding alcohol beverage laws.