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In the second episode of S&C\u2019s Supreme Court Business Review series, hosts Judd Littleton, Julia Malkina and Morgan Ratner are joined by Sharon Cohen Levin, former head of the Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Unit in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of New York, to discuss the Supreme Court\u2019s recent decision in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation.\nThe decision addresses the correct choice-of-law rule in a dispute between the family of a German Jewish woman who surrendered a painting to the Nazi regime in 1939 to obtain an exit visa and the Spanish museum that currently displays it.\xa0\nSharon brings unique insight to this area of law and explains the legal landscape for heirs seeking restitution of property looted as part of severe violations of international law. She also discusses the implications of the Court\u2019s decision for the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act more generally.\nS&C's Appellate Practice\nLed by former Acting Solicitor General of the United States Jeffrey Wall\u2014who has argued more than 30 times before the U.S. Supreme Court\u2014and drawing on the experience of 17 former U.S. Supreme Court clerks and more than 80 former federal circuit court clerks, S&C\u2019s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice adeptly handles challenging and high-profile appeals around the country. Our Supreme Court and Appellate lawyers collectively have significant experience before the Supreme Court and scores of other federal and state courts of appeals.