A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
A lawyer's commentary on cultural property law and its impact on cultural property crime, antiquities trafficking, looted archaeology, illicit trade, art theft, heritage preservation, and museum risk management.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has denied the federal government’s claim to forfeit the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask located at the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM). But…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, today published an order dismissing the government’s’ forfeiture complaint against the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask. The Egyptian artifact is located at…
St. Louis Art Museum Lawyers for the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) filed a sur-reply last week in the case of U.S. v. Mask of Ka Nefer Nefer after activity…
Photo credit: Alborzagros. CC. Jenny Rubin and others hurt by a 1997 terrorist attack in Israel filed a 92 page brief yesterday in the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Rubin…
Gospel page located at the Matenadaran. The J. Paul Getty Museum and the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church have agreed to extend the mediation deadline…
Federal prosecutions involving international theft or trafficking of cultural objects are rare. State prosecutions are novel. That is why the current case against Arnold-Peter Weiss, involving New York state law,…