Civil Litigation,
International Law
Sep. 16, 2019
US judge won’t enforce $2.2 million French damages order in decades-long battle
In a case that has spanned two countries and more than 20 years, Judge Edward Davila declined to enforce a French court's order for a California art dealer man to pay $2.2 million in damages.




In a decades-long fight over fair use rights to photos of Pablo Picasso's artwork, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila has refused to enforce an order from a French court requiring California-based art dealer and publisher Alan Wofsy to pay $2.2 million in fines.
"It's an important decision, I think, because there are so few decisions that really grapple with what qu...
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