​Jana Slavina Farmer (Partner-White Plains, NY) and Dara S. Elpren (Associate-New York, NY) collaborated on “Nazi-Stolen van Gogh Art Case Goes to New York for a Few Reasons,” an article appearing in the November 24, 2025, posting of Bloomberg Law. Jana, chair of Wilson Elser’s Art Law Practice, and Dara, an associate with the practice, discuss the refiling of a Holocaust-era restitution claim in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York by the heirs of a Jewish family who claim Nazis stole the family’s 1889 Vincent van Gogh painting Olive Picking. The refiling follows a California federal court’s dismissal of the suit for lack of personal jurisdiction. Citing the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, as well as precedents in Reif v. Nagy and Zuckerman v. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jana and Dara conclude: “The path forward, navigating New York’s mixed legal landscape (exemplified by Reif and Zuckerman), will depend on the plaintiff’s ability to demonstrate diligence, overcome prejudice arguments with detailed evidentiary support, and convince the court that the HEAR Act warrants a merits review of title to Olive Picking.”