The latest news and information on legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the jewelry industry—including patent and trademark disputes, bankruptcies, fraud, and consumer law.
Fed Officials to Talk Compliance at JCK Show 05/07/2008 Sue Saarnio, special advisor for Conflict Diamonds, U.S. State Department and Vincent Dantone, program manager for Trade Policy Enforcement Programs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, will be available to provide legal compliance information to rough diamond importers and exporters about the Kimberley Process and the Clean Diamond Trade Act at JCK Las Vegas. More
De Beers Class Action Filing Deadline Nears 04/28/2008 The Jewelers Vigilance Committee says that May 19 is the deadline to submit a claim to the De Beers Class Action Lawsuit. Responses must be postmarked on or before May 19.
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UAE and China to Promote Jewelry Trade 04/24/2008 Dubai Multi Commodities Centre on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the People's Government of Panyu District, China, for increased cooperation towards mutual growth and the promotion of jewelry trade between both countries, with a special focus on diamonds and colored stones.
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Auction of Esmerian's Jewels is Canceled Gary Roskin, G.G., FGA, Senior Editor - 04/17/2008 An attempt by Merrill Lynch to sell Ralph Esmerian's private collection of jewels at Christie's New York was again stopped by court order, ending a two-day legal battle between the financial management and advisory company and the owner of Fred Leighton. Meanwhile, a jewelry sale Wednesday at Christie's New York took in nearly $50 million.
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De Beers Welcomes Approval of Anti-Trust Action Rob Bates, Senior Editor - 04/15/2008 De Beers said it “welcomes” recent comments by the judge handling its class action case that the anti-trust settlement will be approved.
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Antiquorum Accuses Ex-CEO of Fraud 04/10/2008 Antiquorum Auctioneers SA is alleging that the company's former co-founder and chief executive officer was involved in fraudulent activities at the high-profile watch-auction house.
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SEC Charges CMKM with Stock Fraud 04/09/2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged 11 individuals and three companies, alleging they conspired to illegally issue and sell unregistered stock in a purported diamond and gold mining company and "lined their pockets with more than $64 million from 40,000 investors nationwide."
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JCK Voices Jennifer Heebner, Senior Editor, Bridal, Luxury, and Retail, February 1, 2008 Seal of Disapproval
This article appears in the Winter 2008 issue of JCK Luxury magazine. JCK ... More
Style 360 Bacilio Mendez, Senior Associate Editor, JCK October 10, 2007 1138 Roses for Rights
“Eleven-thirty-eight is the magic number when it comes to marriage equality,&rd... More
JCK Voices Rob Bates, Senior Editor, Diamonds, JCK January 24, 2007 Raising a Middle Finger to Africa
My colleague Carrie has an excellent post about Global Witness’ criticisms of t... More
JCK Voices Jennifer Heebner, Senior Editor, Bridal, Luxury, and Retail, January 19, 2007 Anatomy of an eBay Scam
I never thought this would happen to me, but I think I was scammed on eBay. I’v... More
Selling Natural Color Diamonds
This is the first of a three-part series by the Natural Color Diamonds Association. Diane Warga-Arias of DWA Communications discusses the basics of color diamonds, including the rarity and strength of color and the diamond size, and how they relate to the value of the diamond. This seminar and the two remaining parts of the series are available as video podcasts on the NCDIA Web site.
Kenjo Holiday Party Watch retailer Kenjo's annual holiday party at its Manhattan store was filmed by Wi-Fi TV's new luxury watch program. Representatives from leading Swiss watch companies, showed their latest lines to party guests and gave interviews on trends for 2008.
Window Shopping: Holiday 2007 Edition Photo Gallery 'Tis the season of visual opulence; for proof, one need look no further than the nearest commercial shop window. Join us on a walk down Fifth Avenue from 57th to 39th street.
Gold Expressions 2008 Jewelry from "Gold Expressions" - The Language of Italian Design 2008 Collection. Presented by the World Gold Council, this event was held on Monday, December 3, 2007, in the Penthouse of the American Airlines Theatre in New York City.
Sue Saarnio, special advisor for Conflict Diamonds, U.S. State Department and Vincent Dantone, program manager for Trade Policy Enforcement Programs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, will be available to provide legal compliance information to rough diamond importers and exporters about the Kimberley Process and the Clean Diamond Trade Act at JCK Las Vegas. 
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the People's Government of Panyu District, China, for increased cooperation towards mutual growth and the promotion of jewelry trade between both countries, with a special focus on diamonds and colored stones.
An attempt by Merrill Lynch to sell Ralph Esmerian's private collection of jewels at Christie's New York was again stopped by court order, ending a two-day legal battle between the financial management and advisory company and the owner of Fred Leighton. Meanwhile, a jewelry sale Wednesday at Christie's New York took in nearly $50 million.
De Beers said it “welcomes” recent comments by the judge handling its class action case that the anti-trust settlement will be approved.
Ralph Esmerian stopped a court-ordered auction of his jewelry and gems Tuesday by filing a bankruptcy petition on behalf of Fred Leighton Holding Inc., which he controls.
Antiquorum Auctioneers SA is alleging that the company's former co-founder and chief executive officer was involved in fraudulent activities at the high-profile watch-auction house.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged 11 individuals and three companies, alleging they conspired to illegally issue and sell unregistered stock in a purported diamond and gold mining company and "lined their pockets with more than $64 million from 40,000 investors nationwide."
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