Join Us For A Webcast: Art and the Spoils of War Doctrine: Lessons From The Temple of Ishtar

Join us on April 9, 2018 for a live Continuing Legal Education webcast of  the story of how the ownership of an Assyrian gold tablet excavated in 1913 from the Temple of Ishtar ended up before New York’s Court of Appeals. In an image-packed presentation, New York attorney Ray Dowd will narrate the exciting sequence of events leading to his successful retrieval of the tablet on behalf of Germany’s Pergamon Museum. Learn about how this landmark case affects lovers of art and antiquities in New York and beyond. Learn how Abraham Lincoln’s Civil War-era Lieber Code rejecting of the spoils of war doctrine shapes our law today. Attendees will obtain a refresher on the basics of conversion and replevin claims in the context of a unique chattel, as well as considering the application of the equitable doctrine of laches in the context of disputes arising from alleged wrongs that may have occurred decades or even centuries in the past.


New York Court of Appeals' decision in Matter of Flamenbaum, 22 NY3d 962 (2013).
Watch the October 15, 2013 argument at the Court of Appeals here.


Some coverage: Estate Failed to Prove Museum’s Laches on Claim to a 3,000 Year Old Archeological Artifact Missing Since WWII 


New York’s highest court orders return of Assyrian gold tablet to Germany


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From Murder to Museums: Recent Cases and Ethical Considerations in Nazi Looted Art

Museums have recently been criticized by the Jewish Claims Conference in a report here for ethical lapses: promising to, yet failing to research their collections and to coordinate and promote research into the provenance of their collections.  The report conclude that Nazi looted art in museum collections has still not been identified or researched, much less returned.   Are museums are simply waiting for the last Holocaust victims to die before publishing research on their collections?  ISIS finances itself by looting antiquities.  How can we stop museums from creating a market for these spoils?

If you care about the history and future of American museums, I hope that you will please join Judge Barbara Jaffe and me for this wonderful event at New York County Lawyers' Association on June 16.

For more information and to register:  http://www.nycla.org/index.cfm?section=CLE&page=CLE_Detail&itemID=4082&dateID=20150616

Location: New York County Lawyers' Association 2nd Floor Auditorium, 14 Vesey Street Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 6:00 PM - 7:40 PM Member Price:     $50 Non-Member Attorney Price:     $75 Course ID: C061615 Credits: 2 NJ Credits: 1 Ethics; 1 General 2 NY Credits: 1 Ethics; 1 PP; Transitional and Non-transitional Course Description: While much attention has been given to the resolution of the case surrounding the Woman in Gold portrait, learn the facts and ethical considerations behind the current pending controversies regarding artworks looted by Nazi Germany, including Camille Pissarro’s “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep,” currently residing at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman, Oklahoma and Egon Schiele’s “Girl With Black Hair,” currently at Oberlin College. This fascinating discussion will look at the law, the history and the ethical considerations involved in the still unfolding cases resulting from the unfinished business of World War II. Faculty: Faculty: Raymond Dowd, Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP; Hon. Barbara Jaffe, Acting Justice, Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District, New York, NY

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Art Law - Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Institute Detailed Agenda For This Friday

 

 

5^th Annual Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Institute

Friday, November 16, 2012; 8:45 AM –5:00 PM

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM          Breakfast and Registration

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM          Introductions and Announcements

Hon Stephen G. Crane (Ret.),JAMS and  Raymond J. Dowd, Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP

9:15 AM – 10: 15 AM       Panel 1:   The Law and Business of Sculpture and Fine Art Multiples

                                                Moderator: Hon. Nicholas Garaufis, E.D.N.Y.

 Panelists: Judith Bresler, Withersworldwide;  John Cahill, Lynn¦Cahill, LLP; Renee Vara , Vara Art
10:15 AM –11:15 AM      Panel 2:    Stewardship of Art Collections: What Lawyers Need to Know Moderator: Hon. Sherry Klein Heitler, Administrative Judge for Civil Matters, First Judicial DistrictPanelists: Maura Kehoe Collins, Artiphile, Art Collections Management Services;  Kirsten Squires, Cook Maran & Associates, Innovative Insurance Strategies; Ann Lydecker, Cirkers, Fine Art Storage & Logistics
 
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM     BREAK

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM      Panel 3:    The Law of Antiquities
Moderator: Hon. Barbara Jaffe, Acting Justice, Supreme Court, New York County
Panelists: Sharon Levin,  Asset Forfeiture Dept., U.S. Attorney's Office, S.D.N.Y.;
William Pearlstein, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP; Michael McCullough, Michael McCullough LLC; Darlene Fairman, Herrick Feinstein LLP

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM        LUNCH (Provided)
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM           Keynote Address: An Ethical GPS for an International Art Practice Speaker:  Alexandra Darraby, The Art Law Firm, author, Art Artifact Architecture & Museum Law
1:50 PM – 2:45 PM           Panel 4:    The Arts on Capitol Hill
Moderator: Hon. Delissa Ridgway,U.S. Court of International Trade
Panelist: Marion Werkheiser;, Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC
 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM           Panel 5:    Trusts, Estates and Art: What Lawyers Need to Know
Moderator: Hon. Kristen Booth Glen, New York County Surrogate's Court
Panelists:  Ralph Lerner, Withersworldwide; James McAndrew, Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman Klestadt LLP;
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM           BREAK
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM           Panel 6:     Legal Issues Surrounding Art Galleries and Art Dealing
Moderator: Hon. Helen Freedman, App. Div., First Dept.
Panelists: Helen Allen, Allen Cooper Enterprises; Chris Robinson, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP; Christine Lepera, Mitchell Silberg & Knupp LLP

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