Law360: "NY Art Disputes Highlight Fame's Role In Copyright Suits" - Oct 7, 2020
Recent developments in two long-running art disputes in New York demonstrate both why VARA might operate differently than other, traditional applications of copyright law and why considering arguments about the fame of a visual artist outside the scope of VARA can undermine the policies supporting those traditional applications.
Bloomberg Law: "High court lets artists’ $6.75m 5Pointz graffiti win stand" - Oct 5, 2020
The US Supreme Court last week declined to hear an appeal brought by the New York developer Jerry Wolkoff’s G&M Realty to overturn a landmark decision that awarded $6.75m to 21 street artists whose works were destroyed when Wolkoff whitewashed the exterior of his 5Pointz warehouse complex in Long Island City, Queens.