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Monthly Archives: February 2013

President Putin Vows to Keep Chabad Library in Russia

By Nicholas O'Donnell on Posted in Foreign Sovereign Immunities, Restitution

Backing off some of the more belligerent comments made recently by the Foreign Ministry, Russian President Vladimir Putin has nonetheless signalled that Russia has no plans to return the Chabad library to comply with a 2010 judgment or the more recent sanctions order.  Both Reuters and the Art Newspaper reported that Putin proposed to store… Continue Reading

Russia Threatens Lawsuit Against U.S. Library of Congress in Further Retaliation for Chabad Sanctions Order

By Nicholas O'Donnell on Posted in Foreign Sovereign Immunities, Litigation

In a story that gets more unusual with every new development, the Russian Foreign Ministry has reportedly recommended filing a lawsuit, in Russia, against the United States Library of Congress in response to last month’s contempt sanctions order by the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia arising out of Russia’s refusal to obey… Continue Reading

New York Times Analyzes Jenack Appeal, Art Law Report Quoted

By Nicholas O'Donnell on Posted in Auctions, Collections

The New York Times has stepped into the fray in reviewing the New York Court of Appeals’s decision to review the Rabizadeh/Jenack appeal concerning the application of New York’s Statute of Frauds to compel disclosure of a consignment seller at auction.  The article zeroes in on the potential impacts to the ways in which auction… Continue Reading