The Roundtable
Welcome to the Roundtable, a forum for incisive commentary and analysis
on cases and developments in law and the legal system.
on cases and developments in law and the legal system.
By Yeonhwa Lee
Yeonhwa Lee is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). Aby J. Rosen, a New-York real estate mogul, co-founded RFR Holding LLP, which owns the Seagram Building housing the famous Four Seasons restaurant. The New York Landmarks Conservancy, headed by president Peg Breen, owns a 19-by-20-foot theater curtain, “Le Tricorne,” painted by Pablo Picasso. What do Mr. Rosen and Ms. Breen have to do with one another? The famed painting of Ms. Breen’s conservancy hangs on the wall of Mr. Rosen’s Four Seasons restaurant. A legal battle has ensued between the two as Mr. Rosen wishes to take down the painting to make repairs on the wall while Ms. Breen claims such a move would damage a priceless Picasso.
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 By Yeonhwa Lee
Yeonhwa Lee is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). The Supreme Court decided not to hear the case petitioned by Robert Lederman, artist-activist and president of Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics (ARTIST). The petition, submitted on December 23 last year, asked the Court to reverse the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision which sided with the City of New York and its revised regulations regarding expressive-matter vendors in public spaces. On September 25, 2013, the Second Circuit upheld the City’s revised rules on unlawful vending of expressive matter. Following the revisions made in 2010, Section 1-02 of Title 56 of the Rules of the City of New York (R.C.N.Y.) was amended to include the definition of expressive matter – “materials or objects with expressive content, such as newspapers, books, or writings, or visual art such as paintings, prints, photography, or sculpture.” [1] And more importantly for street artists, Section 1-05 banned expressive-matter vendors from selling their works in the general areas of Central Park, Battery Park, Union Square Park, and elevated portions of High Line Park, except at specifically designated spots. [2] |
