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Restitution
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Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Exhibition of Van Gogh Painting in Illinois Did Not Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over Ownership Dispute There, Holds Seventh Circuit
In Schoeps v Sompo Holdings, Inc., No. 25-1405 (7th Cir. Nov. 21, 2025), the Seventh Circuit holds that the happenstance of an artwork, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (1888), having once been…
Construction Industry Legal Blog
Accessing the Florida Homeowners Construction Recovery Fund Through an Award of Restitution from the CILB
The Florida Homeowners Construction Recovery Fund is a powerful tool for homeowners who have been wronged by a licensed contractor. The “Recovery Fund”, as it is commonly called, is established…
San Francisco Criminal Lawyer Blog
No Full Resentencing Is Warranted When Vacating Restitution
In re ROBIN MATTISON on Habeas Corpus. (Cal. Ct. App., Nov. 7, 2025, No. E085614) 2025 WL 3122934, at *1–2 Summary: A new statute that makes a criminal defendant’s restitution…
ContractsProf Blog
Florida Appellate Court Trims All Star Boxing’s Restitution Recovery
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (below) has had a storied twenty-year boxing career, starting when he was only fifteen, and winning 68 matches while losing only three. Two ended in draw. So…
Criminal
Supreme Court to explore ex post facto limits on restitution award
The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument on Tuesday in Ellingburg v United States. This SCOTUSblog post previews the case, and starts this way: In Ellingburg v United…
Criminal
NACDL releases “Empty Pockets and Empty Promises: How Federal Restitution Law Fails Everyone”
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) today released this lengthy new report written by LawProf Cortney Lollar. Here is the report's executive summary:Criminal restitution has become a regular…
Legal Theory Blog
Zhang on Looted Chinese Cultural Property
Yue Zhang (Southeast University (China); University of Wisconsin Law School) has posted China's Looted Cultural Property: Historical Injustice and Current Dilemma on SSRN. Here is the abstract: On August 27,…
Eye on Enforcement
Eleventh Circuit Expands Government’s Authority Under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act to Collect Unsatisfied Restitution Obligations
In United States v. Mims, No. 22-13215, 2025 WL 1934570 (11th Cir., July 15, 2025), the Eleventh Circuit addressed a relatively straightforward question of first impression: “whether a district court…
cearta.ie
Restitution of mistaken payments, in the news – again, this time with potential proprietary claims (updated)
By Eoin
In a recent post on this blog, I noted that, where government ministers were overpaid due to a pension error, this was a straightforward case of the recovery of mistaken…
FCPA Professor
“Victim” Restitution Claim Related To Leissner Conviction Denied
By Mike Koehler
Previous posts here and here discussed the recent two year prison sentence imposed on Tim Leissner (the former Southeast Asia Chairman at Goldman Sachs) who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to…