In February, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced that it would withdraw its lawsuit against the Manhattan District Attorney (DANY) for declaratory judgment that the museum was the rightful owner of a Greco-Roman...more
The question of how much diligence buyers must demonstrate may be considered in a new authenticity case brought recently in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court against a Miami gallery for selling $6 million in fake Andy...more
1/30/2025
/ Art ,
Breach of Contract ,
Certificate of Authenticity ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Conversion ,
Counterfeit Goods Regulation ,
Express Warranty ,
False Statements ,
Fine Art ,
Fraud ,
Misrepresentation ,
Unfair Competition ,
Unjust Enrichment
A five-year legal dispute between heirs of the renowned artist Thomas Hart Benton and the trust department that administered and managed the Benton Trust produced a significant ruling last month in Jackson County, Missouri...more
1/27/2025
/ Asset Management ,
Banks ,
Beneficiaries ,
Breach of Duty ,
Copyright ,
Decedent Protection ,
Estate Planning ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fine Art ,
Heirs ,
Investment
OSHA Withdraws ETS -
On January 25, 2022, OSHA announced it will be withdrawing its ETS effective January 26, 2022. The announcement notes that the text of the ETS will remain in place to solicit additional comments from...more
Below is an update on the various lawsuits surrounding the three vaccine mandates we have previously reported on....more
This afternoon, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated 34 petitions for review of the OSHA ETS pending in all 12 regional Circuit Courts of Appeals to the Sixth Circuit. The Sixth Circuit was selected via...more
On November 10, labor unions filed lawsuits in the Second, Fourth and Ninth Circuits challenging OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard for Private Employers. This means there are lawsuits challenging the ETS pending before...more
Our November 5 alert mentioned legal challenges to OSHA’s ETS for private employers. On Saturday, one challenge resulted in a temporary stay of the ETS by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in BST Holdings v. OSHA, Case No....more
On November 5, OSHA released its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees. While the standard is comprehensive, below are highlights for employers to consider...more
Vaccine case law is developing rapidly on virtually a daily basis. Recent key decisions include...more
The Supreme Court issued a 7-1 ruling in Impression Prod., Inc. v. Lexmark Int'l, Inc. that eliminated the ability for a patent holder (“patentee”) to enforce, through patent law, post-sale restrictions on an authorized...more
6/5/2017
/ Foreign Sales ,
Imports ,
Impression Products v Lexmark International ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Resales Agreements ,
SCOTUS ,
Single-Use/No Resale Restriction ,
Stream of Commerce