Jeanine Cryan

Jeanine Cryan is an associate in Hughes Hubbard’s New York office in the Litigation department.

Prior to joining the firm, Jeanine was an associate at Scolaro Fetter Grizanti & McGough, P.C., in the Litigation and Business & Tax practice groups. Jeanine’s experience includes legal internships at Christie’s Inc. and the EMEA Legal Department of State Street Global Advisors in London, England.

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Vermont Law School is seen on Oct. 8 2021, in Royalton, Vt. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Second Circuit’s Decision in Kerson v. Vermont Law School May Embolden Property Owners to Conceal Contentious or Inconvenient Art

By Jeanine Cryan & Hannah Miller on March 14, 2024

Posted in VARA

On August 18, 2023, the Second Circuit held that Vermont Law School’s permanent concealment of two controversial murals located at the school did not violate the mural creator’s rights under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”).^[1] In a unanimous opinion authored by Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston…

(l.) Donald Graham’s photograph and Richard Prince’s “new portrait.” (r.) Goldsmith’s photograph and Warhol’s allegedly infringing portrait as they appear in court documents.

Fair Use: Graham v. Prince and Warhol v. Goldsmith

By Sigrid Jernudd & Jeanine Cryan on July 7, 2023

Posted in Appropriation Art, Copyright, Fair Use

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince^[1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. On May 11, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…

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Jeanine Cryan

Second Circuit’s Decision in Kerson v. Vermont Law School May Embolden Property Owners to Conceal Contentious or Inconvenient Art

Fair Use: Graham v. Prince and Warhol v. Goldsmith

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