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.
Lawmakers last month introduced legislation on Capitol Hill seeking to honor those who protected cultural heritage from destruction during World War II. The Monuments Men Recognition Act marks a bipartisan…
It is no surprise that New York’s Court of Appeals decided last week that a “spoils of war” legal theory could not be upheld. That state’s highest court ruled that…
The Untold Story of Cultural Heritage, World War II, and the Pacific A Conference Marking the 70th Anniversaries of the Battles of of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal Thursday,…
Museum of Decorative Arts. CC Kirgyt12. Edward Fagan has filed a lawsuit to obtain artwork–alleged to have been looted by the Nazis–following a dismissal of his initial legal claim. A…
Florida federal court, southern district Edward Fagan filed a lawsuit in April against the Czech Republic and two of its cultural institutions on behalf of Victims of Holocaust Art Theft,…
A newly created Florida entity filed a civil complaint on April 19 in federal district court against the Czech Republic and two of its cultural institutions. The lawsuit of Victims…