Topic
Restitution
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Pennsylvania Law Monitor
Restitution Under the Pennsylvania Human Trafficking Statute
I am concluding my Pennsylvania Human Trafficking Statute blog series with important information about restitution to victims. Also, as explained below, pursuant to the statute, victims of human trafficking may…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
European Nations Fail to Uphold Commitment to Returning Jewish Property
Several European nations have failed to uphold their end of the deal after singing a 2009 declaration, the Terezin Declartion, detailing the treatment of immovable property restitution for those assets…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS rules against federal defendant on appeal procedures inManrique
Main April 19, 2017SCOTUS rules against federal defendant on appeal procedures in ManriqueThe Supreme Court this morning handed down an opinion on federal appellate procedure this morning in Manrique v.…
Business and Commercial
Stolen Norman Rockwell Returned After 40 Years
ArtNet news recently reported that the painting of a slumbering child painted by American illustrator Norman Rockwell (pictured below) has been returned to its rightful owners by the FBI. The…
Corporate Governance & Internal Investigations Advisor
Government Failure to Prove Actual Losses Means No Restitution to Victims under Restitution Act, Court Rules
The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 provides that defendants convicted of crimes committed by “fraud or deceit” must compensate victims for the full amount of their losses. A question…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on the New HEAR Act
Amelia K. Brankov & Lily Landsman-Roos recently published an Article entitled, Congress Passes Important Law Governing Nazi-Looted Art Claims, Tr. & Est. 62 (March 2017). Provided below is an abstract…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Heirs Looking to Invoke New Act in Case over Nazi-Looted Art
The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act was enacted to help Holocaust heirs recover art stolen from their families during World War II. The Act will finally be put to the…
Wiley Executive Summary
Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Claim Seeking Restitution and Other Unspecified Relief
An Illinois federal district court has held that a lawsuit seeking to recover amounts an insured wrongfully refused to pay to another sought only uninsurable restitutionary-type relief, not “Damages,” and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Coming SCOTUS argument “week” (lasting one day) should still be of interest to criminal justice fans
Main October 10, 2016Coming SCOTUS argument "week" (lasting one day) should still be of interest to criminal justice fansAt Crime & Consequences here, Kent Scheidegger briefly explains why this week…
SDNY Blog
Suit Against Met Alleges that $100 Million Picasso Painting Was Sold Under Duress in Nazi Germany
The heirs to estate of the former owner of Picasso's "The Actor" filed a complaint last week alleging that the painting, currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, was sold under duress…