January 2024

New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation, OpenAI, Inc., et al., No. 1:23-cv-11195 (Dec. 27, S.D.N.Y 2023) The New York Times took legal action against...

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December 2023

Postiglione & J.P. Getty Trust v. Ministry of Culture (Sixth Section, no.09962/2023) In a case brought on appeal by Alex Herbert Postiglione (Herbert), the Sixth...

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November 2023

Reif v. Art Institute of Chicago, 1:23-cv-02443-JGK, (SDNY, November 9, 2023).  In a new Nazi-looted art case, parties gave oral arguments on Friday November 9,...

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October 2023

In re Barnes Foundation, No. 1958-X0788, (Pa. Orphans’ Ct. July 21, 2023).  A judge ruled in favor of a petition for a new loan policy...

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September 2023

Kerson v. Vermont Law School, Inc., No. 21-2904 (2d Cir. 2023) In the 1990s, artist Sam Kerson painted a mural within Vermont Law School which...

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August 2023

U.S. v. Wendy Halsted Beard, 2:22−mj−30439 (E.D. Mich. filed Oct. 12, 2022).  Wendy Halstead Beard, a former art dealer in Birmingham, Michigan accused of defrauding...

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July 2023

Audrey Thomas v. Anna Sorokin, No 150109/2023 (NY S.C., May 26, 2023) Art world fraudster and faux socialite Anna Sorokin, who went by the name...

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From the June 2023 Newsletter

Michael Moebius, et al. Plaintiff, v. The Individuals Corporations, Limited Liabilities Companies, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations, et al., No. 1:22−cv−06079 (N.D. Ill. June 6, 2023)...

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From the May 2023 Newsletter

Yuga Labs, Inc. v. Ripps, 2:22-cv-04355, (C.D. Cal.) (June 24, 2022) In a recent update to the ongoing litigation, Yuga Labs filed a motion for...

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From the April

U.S. v. Van Dyke, No. 2:21-cr-00216 (D. Wash. 23, 2021). In two closely related but separate cases, two Washington-based artists, Jerry Chris Van Dyke  and...

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From the March

Hermès International v. Rothschild, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 1:22-cv-00384 (Feb. 8, 2023). In a landmark NFT case, a...

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From the February 2023 Newsletter

Robert Armijo v. Ozone Networks, INC., et al., Defendants, No. 3:22-cv-00112-MMD-CLB, 2023 WL 319577 (D. Nev Jan. 19, 2023) Following a failed attempt at trading...

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