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Partner Jonathan Freiman Quoted in The Art Newspaper on The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025
On July 7, 2025, Partner Jonathan Freiman was quoted in The Art Newspaper article titled, “Revamped Holocaust recovery bill to scupper powerful legal defences.”
Commenting on the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025, Jonathan says the bill โwould act as a giant magnet, pulling Holocaust-related disputes from around the world into US courtsโฆ If US courts can sit in judgment of foreign nations in disputes involving actions outside the US, then wonโt foreign judges start judging disputes over bad things that happened in the US, like slavery and the repeated taking of Native American land?โ
Jonathan notes that the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Artโsigned by the US and over 40 other countries in 1998โcommits the signatories to resolving Holocaust-related art disputes within the context of theirย ownย legal systems and laws.
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