NYCLAs Committee on Entertainment, Media, Intellectual Property and Sports (EMIPS) Presents

Grosz v. MoMA: How Long Do Victims of Nazi Spoliation Have to Get Back Their Stolen Art?
** 1 CLE credit available **
Date: Location: Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 12:00 PM (noon) 2:00 PM The Modern restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art 9 West 53rd Street (bet. 5th & 6th Avenues) www.themodernnyc.com Roberta Kraus (eMIPS Co-Chair) at rob11230@hotmail.com

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Cost: $25 per person (pre-payment required 1,substantial reduction in cost made possible by a generous NYCLA subsidy), includes a 3 course gourmet lunch and 1 CLE credit (accredited by Day Pitney, LLP) Roberta Kraus and David Bomzer, the EMIPS co-chairs, welcome you to attend our last event before summer break. We have carefully selected an exciting and theme-appropriate venue, with great food and cool art, and we have the honor of hosting the following distinguished speaker:

Raymond J. Dowd
Partner, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller LLP
Program Outline A petition for certiorari is currently pending before the Supreme Court in the Grosz v. MoMA case, which relates to New Yorks demand-and-refusal rule governing the accrual of the statute of limitations in stolen art cases. Recognizing the importance of this case, EMIPS joined in support of a recently filed amicus brief. Represented by Mr. Dowd, the Grosz heirs allege that MoMA refused their claims on April 12, 2006 and argue that there could be no conversion prior to such date because they agreed to leave the paintings with MoMA while the parties investigated ownership. They believe that they should have the opportunity to prove an equitable estoppel defense before a jury and object to their cases outright dismissal on a 12(b)(6) motion. In his presentation, Mr. Dowd will discuss this case in detail, including the underlying facts, the current state of the law and the policy issues that may be affected upon a final ruling. Biography Mr. Dowd is a Partner in the law firm of Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP in New York City. He represents business and individual clients, mainly in copyright, trademark in business and estate-oriented litigation and licensing. He is the author of Copyright Litigation Handbook (West 5th Ed 2010), described by The New York Law Journal as "an indispensable guide". Mr. Dowd serves as Vice President for the Second Circuit and General Counsel of the Federal Bar Association, and is a former chair of EMIPS. And, he blogs on copyright law his recent posting on the Grosz v. MoMA case can be found here: http://copyrightlitigation.blogspot.com/2011/06/us-supreme-court-cert-petition-us.html.

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