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.
Sotheby’s auction house and Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa yesterday filed a motion to dismiss the forfeiture case against a Khmer statue. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara brought the seizure and forfeiture…
A federal judge sitting in the southern district court of New York yesterday denied a request by Sotheby’s for a discovery conference. That decision came in the matter of United…
As readers are aware, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is seeking to forfeit an ancient Cambodian statute located at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. Daniel Schearf of…
U.S. District Court Judge George B. Daniels today issued a restraining order on a statue located at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. He ordered that the ancient Khmer temple statute remain at…
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York today filed a civil complaint to forfeit an ancient Khmer temple statue, known as the Duryodhana, and in the hands…