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SUMMARY:2020 Art Law & Litigation Conference
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Art Law and Litigation Conference will provide an unparalleled opportunity for attendees to gain expert insight\, benefit from networking opportunities\, and earn CLE credit. This full day of educational programming will offer a variety of art-related legal topics presented by experts in the field. This conference is designed as a gathering for practitioners invested in the intersection of art and the law.\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n[8:50 – 9:00 a.m.] Opening Remarks \n[9:00 – 10:00 a.m.] Legal Strategies to Protect an Artist’s Market \nArtists face risk when their prices rise too quickly\, or they become the subject of market speculation. This panel with discuss legal strategies that artists can employ with collectors\, investors\, and dealers in an effort to safeguard their market. The panelists will address the increasing market practice of adding provisions to invoices and purchase agreements restricting the future sale of artworks\, legal issues to consider when accepting amounts from third parties for the production of works\, working with independent artist liaisons\, legal issues that arise with editioned works\, and access to information and financial participation in secondary market transactions. The talk will include panelists from varying legal perspectives\, including the artist’s perspective\, the gallerist’s perspective and the collector perspective. Attendees will learn negotiating tactics for purchase documents\, artist representation agreements with galleries and securing the advancement of artist production costs. \n\nAmelia K. Brankov\, Counsel\, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC (moderator)\nKathy Battista\, Program Director Emerita\, MA Contemporary Art\, Sotheby’s Institute of Art\nMelissa Passman\, General Counsel\, Alpine Global\nYayoi Shionoiri\, Executive Director\, Chris Burden Estate and Nancy Rubins Studio\n\n[10:15 – 11:15 a.m.] The Business of Robo-Art: How AI is Changing the Way Physical and Digital Art is Created\, Traded and Collected \nNew technologies are changing the art market and associated legal industry. This panel will analyze legal issues surrounding the production and authentication of art with new technological innovations\, as well as the sale of art via online platforms. Attendees will learn copyright setbacks and new techniques for protecting art in this new age of technological advancements. Industry representatives will discuss recent cases and disputes from both the European and US perspective. \n\nJohn R. Cahill\, Of Counsel\, Pryor Cashman LLP (moderator)\nAhmed Elgammal\, Artist and Professor\, Department of Computer Science\, Rutgers University\nLuke Nikas\, Partner\, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan\, LLP\nMassimo Sterpi\, Partner\, Gianni\, Origoni\, Grippo\, Cappelli Partners\n\n[11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.] Art Authentication: Legal and Conceptual Developments \nArt fakes and forgeries have become increasingly prevalent in today’s legal climate. Recent cases involve uncovering and prosecuting forgers\, new developments in procedures and processes to evaluate the authenticity of a work of art\, legislation under consideration\, approaches to contract protection for authenticators\, and different approaches to defining what constitutes an authentic work of art. Speakers will address the proliferation of forgeries on the art market and new methods of assessing authentic work. Attendees can expect to learn about potential claims against authenticators and their defenses to those claims. Discussion will also unpack reasons why authenticators have ceased authenticating and measures that can be taken to protect authenticators from unfounded lawsuits. \n\nDean R. Nicyper\, Partner\, Withers Bergman LLP\nColette Loll\, Founder and Director\, Art Fraud Insights LLC\nJennifer L. Mass\, President\, Scientific Analysis of Fine Art\, LLC\nAmanda A. Rottermund\, Associate\, Withers Bergman LLP\n\n[12:30 – 2:00 p.m.] Luncheon Keynote\nRembrandt: The Bankrupt Printmaker – Insolvency and Financial Disasters Yesterday and Today \nFine art and fiduciary drama intersect in the world of the Rembrandt van Rijn\, the Dutch painter and printmaker whose life and times (1606-1669) are an object lesson in how passion interplays with a need for sound financial planning and a good bankruptcy and estate lawyer. This keynote address will include discussion of interesting mortgages\, defaults and processes\, Fraudulent Transfers and litigation/appeals\, jurisdictional issues\, secret corporations to avoid creditors\, and remarkable similarities between the Dutch system of the 17th Century and today in the US. \n\nHon. Scott C. Clarkson\, United States Bankruptcy Judge\, Central District of California\, U.S. Bankruptcy Court\n\n[2:15 – 3:15 p.m.] Current Issues in Art Valuation Cases Before United States Tax Court \nThis panel will feature a discussion of handling art valuation cases in the United States Tax Court. Speakers from the private and public sector will address due diligence and best practices in submitting art appraisals to the IRS\, IRS definitions for qualified appraisers and appraisals\, vetting the appraiser and the report\, and how to mitigate the potential for IRS challenge. Attendees will leave the panel better equipped in the use of art experts in tax cases and witness preparation. \n\nJohn P. Barrie\, Partner\, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (moderator)\nCindy Charleston-Rosenberg\, President and Founder\, Art Appraisal Firm\, LLC\nKeith Fogg\, Clinical Professor of Law\, Harvard Law\n\n[3:30 – 4:30 p.m.] “Beauty Provoketh Thieves Sooner than Gold:” Trends in Art Crime \nWorks of art are highly susceptible to forgeries and theft and serving as vehicles of illicit funds because of the potential and variable value\, the ease for transporting and liquidating by selling to museums\, auction houses\, and private collectors\, and the ability—especially with the advent of technology and the internet—to forge artists and styles. This presentation will focus on trends in art crime over the last the twenty years\, including the threat and pressure on the market\, types of crime and charging methods\, investigation\, and challenges to prosecution. The panelists will discuss recent trends in the type of crime\, charging decisions\, including a recent focus on fraud charges\, and will discuss their work and experience in preventing and countering art fraud and theft from a variety of perspectives; including law enforcement\, the civil sector\, and academia. \n\nLindsey Lazopoulos Friedman\, Assistant United States Attorney\, Southern District of Florida\, U.S. Department of Justice (moderator)\nDerek Fincham\, Professor of Law\, South Texas College of Law Houston\nRobert Giczy\, Special Agent\, Federal Bureau of Investigation\nGary Stein\, Partner\, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP\n\n[4:30 – 5:00 p.m.] Closing Remarks\nWrap-Up of Hot Topic Art Law Issues to Watch in 2020 \n\nKatherine Wilson-Milne\, Partner\, Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP; Co-Host of The Art Law Podcast\n\n\n\nRegistration\nOnline registration is now closed for the 2020 Art Law Conference as we have reached maximum capacity for the venue. We look forward to hosting this program next year!\n\n\nSponsors\n\nEducational Partners\n\nCenter for Art Law\nLawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP)\n\nContact Elizabeth Johnson if you are interested in sponsoring this event.\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Caitlin Rider\, Conference Manager.
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LOCATION:The National Arts Club\, 15 Gramercy Park S\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, US
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