International Arbitration and the Future of Holocaust Restitution in the Aftermath of Republic of Hungary v. Simon and Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp
Over two decades ago, when the prospect of U.S. courts providing a forum for Holocaust survivors and their heirs to bring claims for property was hopeful, wealthy individuals sympathetic to the cause of restorative justice for the crimes of the Holocaust provided financial support for those cases. In the new world of third-party funding for international arbitration, there may be equivalent benefactors.
High Court Nazi Art Rulings Impede Restorative Justice
A pair of restitution cases regarding Holocaust-era stolen property has been decided by the U.S. Supreme Court: Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, [1]for return of medieval art stolen by the Nazis, along with the companion case of Republic of Hungary v. Simon, [2] for return of personal property stolen from14 Holocaust survivors.
Kathryn Lee Boyd Of Hecht Partners LLP And Brent W. Landau Of Hausfeld Named Co-Lead Counsel In Sudanese Genocide Litigation Against BNP Paribas
The lawsuit against BNP Paribas SA was filed by Kathryn Lee Boyd (a founding partner of the Hecht Partners llp) in 2016 on behalf of twenty-one Sudanese victims and a putative class of more than 10,000 refugees who fled to the United States.