Marion True made a surprise appearance on the first day of the trial

Marion True has resigned from the museum and the institution is to return three artefacts to Italy

But California Attorney General defends freedom of speech

Chicago collector agrees to pay claimant to gain title to the work

Marilynn Alsdorf had hoped the case would be thrown out of court

The heirs of Kazimir Malevich are claiming 14 works which the Dutch institution sent on tour to New York and Houston

The Merrin brothers are accused of defrauding clients out of millions of dollars

He was promised preferential treatment (and paid for it) but was then left out of almost all sales

By 2007 Harvard will be able to track the collection digitally, and everything will be accessible

Is your painting on their website?

Maria Altmann had urged an earlier trial date while in dispute with Austrian government

The US lawsuit alleged they created a shell company to avoid paying dues

Maria Altmann is attempting to reclaim six Klimt paintings looted by the Nazis

Hicham Aboutaam has pleaded guilty in the US to a Customs misdemeanour while his brother, Ali, is seeking to have his conviction by an Egyptian court nullified

A suit has been filed in a US federal court for 14 paintings in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam

Lawsuit against Kimbell Art Museum was dismissed last November

Many of the objects, some extant since the first millennium BC, were looted from the site and entered the international market

Hicham Aboutaam sold the antiquity to a New York buyer for $950,000; the US says it is part of a the looted Western Cave hoard

Found in the headquarters of Saddam’s secret police force in Baghdad, the cache has been transferred to Washington for conservation

Knoedler's poor provenance research led to the return of a $3 million painting to Italy

A French plaintiff says he deserves a percentage of exhibition ticket sales at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art because the works on display were taken from his grandfather after the Russian Revolution

There have been no prosecutions, but some cases remain in litigation

Taxman claims he and others created a shell company to avoid tax

A claim brought against the Musée Carnavalet in Paris has an effect on US museums

Heirs will have to sue for the painting, which is currently being held at Dorotheum

A US Federal court has thrown out the case against artist Barbara Kruger for her appropriation of a 1960 photo, and against the Whitney Museum and LA MoCA for selling goods reproducing the offending image

NY District Attorney promises amnesty for those who come forward while corporate executive Samuel Waksal enters a guilty plea for tax evasion