January 11, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday preserved a Ninth Circuit decision narrowing California's Resale Royalty Act to apply only to in-state sales of artwork, refusing to take up an appeal in three proposed class actions claiming Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc. owed artists royalties.
May 05, 2015
After decades of scattershot compliance with California's Resale Royalty Act, the Ninth Circuit's decision Tuesday upholding the law's requirement that fine-art sellers pay visual artists royalties on California sales is likely to undercut the secondary art market in the Golden State, experts say.
May 05, 2015
Fine-art sellers will be required to pay royalties to artists only on sales that take place within California after the majority of an 11-judge Ninth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a portion of the state's Resale Royalty Act governing out-of-state sales was unconstitutional.
October 30, 2014
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday said it would rehear en banc a class of artists' appeal to restore California's Resale Royalty Act and revive suits against Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc., facing a potential conflict in circuit precedent on Commerce Clause applicability to state actions.
September 22, 2014
Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc. Friday tried to steer the Ninth Circuit away from rehearing a class of artists' appeal of their challenge to California's Resale Royalties Act, claiming there was no conflict between previous appeals decisions on what state actions were barred by the federal Commerce Clause.
April 08, 2014
Artists trying to recover royalties on resale of their works by Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc. on Tuesday urged the Ninth Circuit to restore California's Resale Royalties Act and revive their class actions, saying a lower court erred in ruling the statute violates the federal Commerce Clause.