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.
After a bitter court battle flared to new heights in September, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and Sotheby’s today proposed an agreement to repatriate…
Sotheby’s wants a preliminary hearing to argue the law, and the government wants more discovery from Sotheby’s to argue the facts. That continues to be the posture of the case…
“Claimants deny knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations set forth in … the Verified Complaint.” That is the refrain found in…
The federal district court for the southern district of New York today allowed federal prosecutors to amend their forfeiture complaint in the case of United States of America v. A…
Prosecutors rebuked Sotheby’s last Friday, accusing the New York auction house in a reply memorandum of failing to disclose information it knew about a Duryodhana statue offered for sale this…
In a pointed and efficient twenty page legal memorandum filed Monday, lawyers for the claimants in United States of America v. A 10th Century Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture, Currently Located at…