Irma Klein sold “Painting with Houses” by Wassily Kandinsky during the Holocaust. (Courtesy of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam) Following a protracted legal fight, the family of Irma Klein last… Read More »A Jewish family sold this Kandinsky painting to survive the Nazis. Amsterdam is keeping it anyway.
In an important victory for firm client American Arbitration Association (AAA), Hughes Hubbard helped secure denial of Uber’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to suspend AAA’s $10 million invoice… Read More »Firm Helps AAA Block Uber’s Bid to Cancel $10M Arbitration Bill
At the New York City Bar Association the evening of February 25th, five recently retired justices of the Commercial Division—Hon. Eileen Bransten, Hon. Shirley W. Kornreich, Hon. Charles E. Ramos, Hon. Melvin… Read More »Recently Retired Justices Bransten, Kornreich, Ramos, Schweitzer, and Demarest Reflect on Commercial Division’s Past, Present and Future
Judge Ramos has extensive experience in numerous areas of commercial law and international arbitration. He is dedicated to mediation and arbitration of complex business disputes and the provision of expert… Read More »Hon. Charles E. Ramos
The arrival of the new year is a bittersweet time for the Commercial Division as it bids farewell to two of its most senior judges: Justice Charles E. Ramos and… Read More »A Fond Farewell to Two of the Commercial Division’s Most Senior Judges
The International Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) will recognize the Honorable Charles. E. Ramos, senior justice for the Commercial Division in New York County; Ruby Asturias… Read More »Senior Justice Charles E. Ramos to be Honored by State Bar Association for Distinction in International Law and Affairs
Egon Schiele, ‘Woman Hiding her Face’, 1912. Courtesy Collection Grünbaum. Working to get an artwork back into the hands of its rightful owner, whether the rightful owner is a country… Read More »One lawyer’s take on returning Nazi-looted artworks: an interview with Orna Artal
Justice Charles Ramos, recently retired from the New York State Supreme Court, has started an alternative dispute resolution business with Orna Artal, his former principal law clerk. (Photo: David Handschuh/ALM)… Read More »Justice Charles Ramos, Retired From Commercial Division, Launches ADR Firm With Former Clerk
Tourists view a disputed Wassily Kandinsky painting at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, July 10, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz) AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Following a protracted legal fight, the family of Irma… Read More »A Jewish family sold this Kandinsky painting to survive the Nazis. Amsterdam is keeping it anyway.
5/22/45-Fussen, Germany: While a lieutenant checks his list in the background, 7th army soldiers carry three valuable paintings down the steps of Neuschwanstein Castle at Fussen, Germany, where they were… Read More »Jewish Heirs of Nazi-looted Art Have Spent Decades Trying to Get it Back. A Landmark Dutch Ruling Might Make it Happen