Rubin v. Iran Cases Move Forward in First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
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…
State Department Grants Seizure Immunity to Mexican Artifacts
The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs last week granted immunity from judicial seizure to artifacts on loan from Mexico. The pieces will be part of a 2012…
Brogan Museum To Close on January 15
Brogan MuseumSource: Ebaye Just a little over a month after authorities seized the Cristo Portacroce from the Brogan Museum in Florida (see here), directors announced that they will close the…
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Museums at Risk – Results of the 2011 ICCROM-UNESCO International Storage Survey
Museums are at risk. That is the conclusion of the 2011 ICCROM-UNESCO International Storage Survey conducted between June and September by the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation…
Ninth Circuit Sends Custer Battlefield Museum Case Back to Lower Court – Lawsuit Seeks Unfettered Public Access to Search Warrant Affidavits
With no charges filed in a case targeting the Custer Battlefield Museum in Montana, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that sealed search warrants and affidavits may be…
Art on Temporary Loan from Foreign Lenders – Immunity from Seizure and the Brogan Museum
According to a story published in The New York Times on October 11, 2011, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Florida requested that the Mary Brogan Museum of…