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Bribery Charge

By Intellectual Property Law, Esq.

Bloomberg's Philip Boroff reports that "New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has accused the former superintendent of the state-owned Manhattan armory where the [Pulse contemporary-art] fair was held last year of extorting money from organizers and soliciting a bribe. In a 31-count indictment filed in New York State Supreme Court, James Jackson was accused of receiving more than $30,000 in cash and goods from Pulse, Marc Jacobs fashion shows and the New York International Carpet Show." The New York Times has a story too, focusing more on the Marc Jacobs angle (apparently 24 of the 31 counts in the indictment relate to Jacobs).

Full post as published by The Art Law Blog on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).