Insights & Tips
A recent article published on Invaluable.com provides an insightful guide to insuring your artwork. The article posits that regardless of whether your collection consists of very few pieces of “low-value” artwork or hundreds of multi-million dollar wo …
June 4, 2020 — The phased reopening of New York City and the surrounding boroughs raises a plethora of issues and considerations for stores, restaurants, bars, and other customer-facing businesses planning to operate during the ongoing pandemic. Chie …
June 3, 2020 — The Vice President of the Artists Rights Society, Katarina Feder, recently authored an article for Artnet in which she answers questions of artists with copyright concerns. Ms. Feder touches on the copyright ownership of sold works, t …
June 3, 2020 — In a dispute between GE Energy Power Conversion France and Outokumpu Stainless USA, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous opinion holding that non-signatories to arbitration agreements can compel arbitration in the U …
May 4, 2020 Online marketplaces like Grailed, GOAT and The RealReal have emerged in recent years as fashion retail disruptors. Emerging online marketplaces have provided high-fashion consumers and “sneakerheads” access to an incredible assortment of “g …
April 3rd, 2019 The Panama Papers – which were 11.5 million leaked files by a Panamanian law firm – revealed the ways offshore shell companies are used to store and transfer assets outside of legal regulations. The surprise that came with this leak was …
March 20th, 2019 – Last week New York’s newest tourist attraction opened at Hudson Yards. The Vessel, designed by Heatherwick Studio, is a honeycombed shaped structure with 154 staircases latticed throughout and is quite picturesque. However upon furth …
March 20th, 2019 – Enacted by Congress in 1925, the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) was intended to ensure the validity and enforcement of arbitration provisions in contracts. Since its enactment the FAA has been shown deference by State and Federal Co …
On January 25th, 2019 Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) which bans discrimination based on gender identity or expression. The statute defines “gender identity or expression” as a “person’s actual or perce …
Commercial practitioners do not have to wait any longer to see who will take over the Commercial Division’s international arbitration matters. Last month, Honorable Deborah Kaplan, the Administrative Judge for the New York County Supreme Court, announc …
Generally copyrights are only issued to the author of the original work. The Work Made for Hire doctrine is an exception to this rule where an employer is the owner of the work and the copyright, but this is contingent on whether the creator is an inde …
The basic tenet of copyright law is that protection is available for “original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression.” The most common example of a work that is eligible for copyright protection is a painting or sculpture. Once …
