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The Interplay between the HEAR Act’s Statute of Limitations and the Equitable Defense of Laches: A Just and Fair Solution

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On March 2, 2020, the Supreme Court denied the petition for writ of certiorari filed in Laurel Zuckerman, as Ancillary Adminstratrix of the Estate of Alice Leffmann v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. At issue was whether the...more

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Sea Change in Nazi-looted Art Claims? The HEAR Act is Put Into Action

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Two pending cases have invoked the new law - A recent article in the New York Times highlights the change that the recent passage of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act of 2016 has had on disputes about...more

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