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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Aug. 14, 2012

Statute with limits?

A court ruled legislation purporting to address challenges faced by individuals seeking to recover stolen works of art., is preempted by federal law.

Hall of Justice

Simon J. Frankel

Judge

Preliminary Hearings

Yale Law School

Simon serves as chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Rights practice.

John D. Freed

Associate, Davis, Wright & Tremaine LLP

505 Montgomery St.
San Francisco , CA 94111

Email: jakefreed@dwt.com

Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA

Few will admit it, but we will: It's fun to say "I told you so."

In 2010, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Assembly Bill 2765, legislation purporting to address challenges faced by individuals seeking to recover stolen works of art. The new law expanded the time in which a lawsuit can be brought to restore possession to the wronged owner and altered when the clock on such claims starts to run. In particular, AB 2765 doubled the length of the statute of limitations from ...

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