Ka Nefer Nefer Case Resumes After Lengthy Hiatus
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…
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…
Mediation Extended in Getty and Armenian Church Zeyt’un Gospel Case
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…
ancient coins | Arnold Peter Weiss | National Stolen Property Act (NSPA) | prosecutions | receiving stolen property statutes
The Weiss Ancient Coin Prosecution and What to Watch For
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,…
Weiss Ancient Coins Prosecution Scheduled for July
Manhattan criminal courthouse.Source: nyc.gov Arnold-Peter Weiss’s case was scheduled today in Manhattan. New York Criminal Court records show that Dr. Weiss’s $200,000 cash bail was continued, and the next court…
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) | immunity from seizure | legislation | Nazi stolen art | WWII stolen art
U.S. House Passes Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
Congressman Steve Chabot The U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote yesterday passed the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (FCEJICA). The legislation seeks to protect foreign artwork on…