Art Law: Murder, Mystery & Masterpieces: The Ethical Implications of World War II Stolen Art

Murder, Mystery & Masterpieces:
The Ethical Implications of World War II Stolen Art

November 8, 2013

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

 

At the:

 

Jury Assembly Room, First Floor
George C. Young United States Courthouse Annex
401 West Central Boulevard
Orlando, FL

 

According to art historians and museum curators, recently opened archives in Europe and the United States have fostered an ever-increasing number of cases relating to artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Raymond J. Dowd, Esquire is a national officer of the Federal Bar Association and partner in the law firm of Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller, LLP in New York City. As a member of his firm’s corporate, intellectual property, litigation and art law practice groups, he has broad commercial litigation experience in both federal and state trial and appellate courts. Mr. Dowd has been trial counsel in several art recovery cases and will also discuss the moral and ethical issues confronting institutions possessing property against which claims have been made.

 
Approved for 2 Hours of CLE Credit, available to all Florida Bar Members, including 0.5 hours of Ethics Credit.

For more information about this event, click here. To learn about the Orlando Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, click here.

Cost

$40— FBA Members
$50— Nonmembers
FREE— Federal Judges

Lunch will be provided

 

RSVP:

Seating is limited. R.S.V.P. today to smccoy@bakerlaw.com or call (407) 649-4219 and ask for Sherrie McCoy.

www.dunnington.com
 Copyright law, fine art and navigating the courts. All practice, no theory.Copyright Litigation Handbook (Thomson Reuters Westlaw 2012-2013) by Raymond J. Dowd
 

Ethics and Copyright Litigation CLE Now Available For Download

Join me for an hour of Ethics CLE by downloading the audio file from West LegalEdcenter website here.  I have designed this course to make Copyright Litigation Handbook come alive and to focus on the ways that practitioners can avoid getting into hot water when starting or defending copyright cases.

Here is the program description from the website:

Ray Dowd, author of West’s acclaimed Copyright Litigation Handbook and a partner in Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP in New York City will take us through the ethical pitfalls facing legal practitioners tackling copyright litigation.
Dowd, a seasoned litigator, takes us through a pre-flight litigation checklist designed to avoid the potential of sanctions in copyright cases. When a potential copyright case comes to your office, what are your ethical obligations in advising a potential client? How should clients be advised on the assessment of legal fees before a litigation starts? How may a client’s “innocent” copying lead to large judgments and assessment of attorney’s fees?
Aside from harsh consequences to clients, attorneys may be sanctioned personally in copyright cases. What sort of investigation is necessary to avoid Rule 11 problems before filing a lawsuit and to avoid dismissal of the suit? May sending a cease and desist letter to a foreign jurisdiction subject your client to a declaratory judgment action in an inconvenient forum? What is the "first to file" rule and what are the exceptions?
Copyright litigation has exploded as the world has become digitized. This course will assist you in understanding how to avoid potential minefields.
The New York Law Journal called Dowd’s Copyright Litigation Handbook “an indispensable guide and supplement to the ins and outs of copyright litigation…”.

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 Purchase Copyright Litigation Handbook 2011 by Raymond J. Dowd from West here