We filed yesterday the opposition to the motion to dismiss my clients' claims over the 1935 forced sale of the Guelph Treasure, or Welfenschatz.

As readers know, my clients Alan Philipp and Gerald Stiebel sued the Federal Republic of Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz in February for restitution of the Guelph Treasure (or Welfenschatz as it is known in Germany), assisted by my co-counsel Mel Urbach, Esq. and Markus Stötzel of Marburg, Germany.

The final rule will not be effective until April, 2018, instead of October 1, 2017, to give the industry more time to comply. In the Prepaid Accounts Final Rule, the Bureau extended Regulation E coverage...

It's tax filing season, but did you know that it is also phishing season? Tax phishing scams abound at this time of year, and each year they grow more sophisticated.

GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump made several sweeping promises while on the campaign trail vowing to reopen shuttered mines and bring coal back to its dominance of a decade ago.

How does Tax Equity Advisors operate in the tax equity market?

The Ninth Circuit has ruled against two artists in a long-running dispute about a hybrid school bus creation at Burning Man more than ten years ago, a "galleon" named La Contessa.

Two years ago, the Ninth Circuit had restored the twice-dismissed case before.

Despite the currently low prices of oil and natural gas, renewable electric power generation is poised for rapid growth.

It is critical for advisers to have robust written standards of business conduct, appropriate procedures for complying with those standards and regular reporting and monitoring processes.

Last week we told you about the five biggest pet peeves of the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) when examining investment advisers.

REV also includes an initiative to promote development of large-scale renewable projects to be integrated into the State's electricity grid.

A recent injunction ruling that prohibited the destruction of the "Bicentennial Freedom Mural" in Corona, California had occasion to consider the rights asserted by the plaintiffs and artists under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA), 17 U.S.C. § 106A.

Even in an era of low-priced oil, 2015 may have been an inflection point for renewable energy as a competitive generation source in the U.S. Deutsche Bank has noted that renewable sources, like solar, have reached, or will soon reach, grid parity with fossil fuel sources in many states.

A "litigation hold plan" guides an organization in carrying out its evidence preservation obligations. Many factors come into play when the need to preserve records is triggered, and each organization has unique systems, policies, and practices.

Last week the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association hosted a terrific two-hour event. Entitled "Rethinking Art Authentication," the discussion aimed to address a way forward from the problems of fakes, forgeries, and authentication lawsuits that have plagued the art market in recent years.

The Geneva-based Foundation for Art Law (Fondation pour le Droit de l'Art/FDA) is organizing next month the latest in its series of events under the rubric "Art Finance & Law."

These organizations have steadly put forth multiple events per year that stand out for their breadth and substance.

One can easily imagine, deep in the bowels of the IRS headquarters at 1111 Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., giddiness reigning supreme, with elated tax policy wonks exchanging awkward "high fives."

Just three months after the Supreme Court denied certiorari review of last year's Ninth Circuit decision finding California's Resale Royalty Act unconstitutional under the Dormant Commerce Clause in part—but also valid in part—the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles has ruled the entire law invalid as preempted by copyright law.