On December 16, 2016, President Obama signed the HEAR Act into law, establishing a uniform statute of limitations to govern claims seeking recovery of Nazi-confiscated art.
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Delivery Dilemma
By Sheppard Mullin on
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Blue Art Limited, a UK company (“Blue Art”), is suing art dealer David Zwirner and his gallery, a contemporary art gallery in New York and London, for breach of contract and fraudulent concealment and inducement, regarding an unnamed piece by an undisclosed artist. Blue Art is owned by Old Master art dealer Fabrizio Moretti who has galleries in Florence, London and New York. The complaint was filed on July 20, 2016 in New York state court (Docket No. 653810/2016).
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