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Estate of Kainer v. UBS & Christie’s

Estate of Kainer v. UBS & Christie’s, Inc., No. 650026/2013 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Oct. 30, 2017); aff’d 175 A.D.3d 403 (N.Y. App. 1^stDep’t Aug. 6, 2019); and aff'd Estate of Kainer v. UBS AG, No. 76 (N.Y. Dec. 16, 2021).

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This complex case, pending in state court in New York, involves transactions occurring across three continents, an art collection looted by the Nazis, and a Degas painting auctioned by Christie’s for over $10 million and claimed by a dozen different entities. In addition, the HEAR Act . . .

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22 U.S.C. § 1621 Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 ("HEAR Act")

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Estate of Kainer v. UBS & Christie’s

Estate of Kainer v. UBS & Christie’s, Inc., No. 650026/2013 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Oct. 30, 2017); aff’d 175 A.D.3d 403 (N.Y. App. 1st Dep’t Aug. 6, 2019); and aff'd Estate of Kainer v. UBS AG, No. 76 (N.Y. Dec. 16, 2021).

Estate of Kainer v. UBS & Christie’s, Inc., No. 650026/2013 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Oct. 30, 2017); aff’d 175 A.D.3d 403 (N.Y. App. 1^stDep’t Aug. 6, 2019); and aff'd Estate of Kainer v. UBS AG, No. 76 (N.Y. Dec. 16, 2021).