The recent announcement of the launch of the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAA) is exciting and intriguing news. There is nothing peculiar to the art market or the art world about the existence of disputes—any businessperson in a wide variety of industries can testify to that. But what is promising about this initiative is the opportunity it presents to streamline an important segment of art world disputes, and in so doing to create a larger body of legal guidance that will in itself be useful in and outside of formal controversies. It does not supplant civil litigation in courts, nor does it make any pretense of doing so. It could, however, become an important complement. Critical will be enough buy-in from lawyers in particular to become willing to recommend its inclusion in contracts, for example. I would certainly include myself in that group, depending on the specific circumstances.
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Stropheus,
Judith Prowda,
Sotheby’s Institute of Art,
London,
AAA,
Geneva,
Pryor Cashman LLP,
Tom Brady,
Megan Noh,
New York,
HEAR Act,
CAA,
Authentication in Art,
Arbitration,
JAMS,
The Hague,
NAI,
Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016,
Quinn Emanuel Urquart & Sullivan LLP,
Court of Arbitration for Art,
Netherlands Arbitration Institute,
William Charron,
Cahill Cossu & Robinson LLP,
Luke Nikas
Somewhat tongue in cheek, we looked on Wednesday at the potential copyright implications from a back and forth between Governor Charlie Baker and Barstool Sports, which sells “Free Brady” T shirts (playing on Shepard Fairey’ famous Hope image) challenging the New England Patriots’ quarterback’s suspension by the National Football League (“DeflateGate” or “Ballghazi,” depending on who you ask). Gov. Baker recently wore a competing vendor’s “Free Brady” T shirt when doing the Ice Bucket Challenge. Given the sales potential arising out of one of the biggest stories in the country right now (insert decline-of-society comment here), however, the financial stakes are no laughing matter. The response to Wednesday's post has been overwhelming; we had more visitors in a three-hour window than we typically get in a month.
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National Football League,
Copyright Act,
David Portnoy,
Free Brady,
Barstool Sports,
DeflateGate,
I Love Boston Sports,
Ice Bucket Challenge,
Shepard Fairey,
Copyright,
Senator Obama,
NFL,
Hope,
Tom Brady,
Ballghazi,
Charlie Baker
Tom Brady will be in New York today at a hearing in the litigation over his 4-game suspension by Roger Goodell for allegedly being “generally aware” of the deflation of footballs in the AFC Championship thrashing of the Indianapolis Colts last winter. For good legal analysis of the absolute fiasco that is the NFL’s attempt at a middle-school science project (instigated by the condition of a football introduced from the opposing team—but congratulations on another AFC Finalist banner) and the resulting adjudicatory process, I suggest John Dowd’s blog (“The NFL's investigation of and rules against Tom Brady are a travesty, and they've resulted in uncalled-for penalties. And it's all based on a report that lacks basic integrity, fairness and credibility.”). Dowd is an experienced federal prosecutor and led the investigation, among others, into Pete Rose and gambling for Major League Baseball. Most notably, he was sufficiently offended by the whole exercise to take the issue up with no relationship to the parties. Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk and Steph Stradley have also covered the story well.
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Left Shark,
ProFootballTalk,
ALS. Metro,
Copyright Act,
Pete Frates,
David Portnoy,
Indianapolis Colts,
AFC Championship,
Free Brady,
Mike Florio,
Barstool Sports,
Jacqueline Kennedy,
John Dowd,
Ice Bucket Challenge,
Shepard Fairey,
Major League Baseball,
Copyright,
Roger Goodell,
Senator Obama,
Hope,
AFC Finalist,
Andy Warhol,
Tom Brady,
Charlie Baker,
Massachusetts Governor,
Fair Use
The Super Bowl is America’s biggest civic holiday, in many ways. The country’s most popular sport combines with the country’s desire just to sit and watch television in a once-a-year event. This year did not disappoint, in one of the most exciting contests in the game’s history, the New England Patriots prevailed over the Seattle Seahawks 28-24, sealed by a game-winning drive by Tom Brady and a last-minute interception by Malcom Butler.
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Topics:
Left Shark,
Seattle Seahawks,
Glendale,
California Gurls Richard Prince,
Hooray for Everything,
Halftime Show,
Malcom Butler,
Katy Perry,
Arizona,
Jay Darby,
New England Patriots,
NYU Law School,
Super Bowl,
Rorschach Test,
Copyright,
Garcia v. Google et al.,
Ninth Circuit,
Tumblr,
Chris Sprigman,
Tom Brady,
Fair Use,
Rastafarians Patrick Cariou,
Art Law Report
