Fred L. Abrams, Attorney At Law (LexBlog Germany)

Divorcing spouses, debtors, determined criminals or others may hide and secretly transfer art assets and cultural heritage property. The article below was written by Leila Amineddoleh of Amineddoleh & Associates LLC, where she specializes in art, cultural heritage, and intellectual property law. Ms. Amineddoleh teaches International Art & Cultural Heritage Law at Fordham University School of Law...

Securities fraudster Trevor Cook, assets that might have been misappropriated from former East Germany, and over $2 million is interdicted at a U.S.-Mexican border crossing: Ex-Minneapolis money manager and securities fraudster Trevor Cook was sentenced a week ago to serve twenty-five years in prison forviolating 18 U.S.C. §1341 (mail fraud) and 26 U.S.C. §7201 (tax...

“Germany Rejects Call for End to Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art” raises the issue of Holocaust-era art restitution.  The upcoming “Holocaust Era Assets Conference” in Prague on June 26-30 2009, will of course also deal with the very same thing.  New York’s Museum of Modern Art meanwhile, filed a complaint along with The Solomon R. Guggenheim...