“A panel of three appellate judges will soon consider the appropriate standard for determining whether an unpaid intern qualifies as an employee as well as the proper standard for FLSA certification.”
Tag: 11.27.13
Motion Filed To Sell Detroit Institute Of Art Art
“The motion formally takes the fight over the fate of the DIA into court for the first time. The filing suggests major creditors are unlikely to agree to any restructuring plan if they believe Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr is offering a low-ball figure for the value of the art. The move increases the chances that Rhodes will be forced to decide whether the art can legally be sold.”
Sicily Bans Loan Of 23 Historic Artworks
“The policy shift, enacted in June but largely unnoticed outside Italy, reflects growing concerns by Sicilian officials that their most important treasures are too often out of the country, while their own museums suffer.”
Berlin’s Rival Opera Houses Are, At Last, Getting Along Famously
Nearly a decade after the Deutsche Oper and the Staasoper faced a sever cash crunch and a possible merger, “while rivalry between the two institutions has not completely subsided, recent changes suggest a new era of high ambition and close cooperation.”