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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Oct. 6, 2010

Recovering Stolen Art Years After the Fact

A new law extends victim's ability to recover stolen art decades later. By Brian Kabateck and Joshua Najemy of Kabateck Brown Kellner.

Brian S. Kabateck

Founding and Managing Partner, Kabateck LLP

Consumer rights

633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: 213-217-5000

Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com

Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.

Joshua Najemy

Krane & Smith, APC

Email: jnajemy@kranesmith.com

By Brian Kabateck and Joshua Najemy

A new law passed by the California Legislature and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in late August opens a rare, time-limited window for filing claims for the return of stolen art that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations. The bill Assembly Bill 2675 - does so in a fair and limited manner, making key concessions to the concerns of potential defendants.

This bill was crafted as an avenue for bringing ...

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