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Zalma on Insurance
Just Being Wrong is not Bad Faith
By Barry Zalma
Mere Negligence, Poor Judgment, Delay, Inadequate Investigation, Valuation Disagreement, or an Honest Mistake May Not Establish Bad Faith. Post 5433 In Joseph Russell Falasco v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company, No.…
Copyright Lately
Copying? Definitely. Infringement? Maybe.
By Aaron Moss
A music photographer says artist Elizabeth Peyton turned his photo of Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher kissing into a painting, which sold at Sotheby’s for $1.92 million. Liam and…
The Faculty Lounge
Harvard’s Magna Carta Bargain
By now many of you will have already seen the news that a Magna Carta "copy" owned by Harvard Law School is actually an original. But in case you didn't…
ContractsProf Blog
Conspicuous Banana Consumption
The world has real problems. $6.2 million will not solve them, but it certainly could help some people. But people with an extra $6.2 million are more inclined to buy…
HHR Art Law
Affirmed on A-Peel: Following the Eleventh Circuit’s Affirmance of Maurizio Cattelan’s Defeat of Copyright Infringement Suit Over His Duct-Taped Banana, the Work May Soon Fetch More than $1 Million at Auction
By Meaghan Gragg, Radina Angelova
On August 16, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s legal victory in the copyright lawsuit fellow artist Joe Morford brought…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Sotheby’s to Sell ‘Hundreds’ of Works Owned by Chara Schreyer
Chara Schreyer, a prominent art collector, passed away in February at 75 after battling cancer. She was renowned for her dedication to philanthropy and passion for art, which led to…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Sotheby’s to Sell ‘Hundreds’ of Works Owned by Chara Schreyer
Chara Schreyer, a prominent art collector, passed away in February at 75 after battling cancer. She was renowned for her dedication to philanthropy and passion for art, which led to…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
‘Bored Apes’ investors sue Sotheby’s, Paris Hilton and others as NFT prices collapse
A group of investors is suing Sotheby’s Holding Inc. and others over the 2021 auction of Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens. The four named plaintiffs in the class action…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
‘Bored Apes’ investors sue Sotheby’s, Paris Hilton and others as NFT prices collapse
A group of investors is suing Sotheby’s Holding Inc. and others over the 2021 auction of Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens. The four named plaintiffs in the class action…
Legal Profession Blog
The Picabia
An attorney's conduct in dealing with court orders filed in attempts to enforce a $2.5 million judgment against him drew a one-year suspension from the New Jersey Supreme Court.The Disciplinary…