Biro v. Conde Nast, et.al

UPDATE (8/13/2012)

STATUS: District judge dismisses 20 out of the 24 charges brought in original suit.

S.D.N.Y.: Judge Peels the Paint Off Art Analyst's Case
Courthouse News
A Canadian art authenticator does not have as strong of a case as he thought over an article in the New Yorker that implicates his as a fraud, a federal judge ruled.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/13/49202.htm

Opinion: Biro v. Conde Nast
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/13/Biro.pdf


Biro v. Conde Nast, et.al

STATUS: Complaint amended to include more defendants on December 5, 2011.

S.D.N.Y.: Gawker brought into New Yorker fracas
Courthouse News
A Canadian art authenticator has cast a wider net in his defamation lawsuit against the New Yorker, hoping to ream Gawker and about a half-dozen other media outlets and websites that publicized the magazine's original coverage.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/12/42167.htm

Amended Complaint: Biro v. Conde Nast, et.al
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/12/nyer.pdf

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is an interesting case. We must remind ourselves never to say someone has committed a crime or was convicted of a crime when in fact they did not.