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The following is a current list LCA matters within the identified Categories.
To learn more about any of the matters on our Case List, please contact our Director of Legal Services, Stacy Baygood Streur, at 312.837.3520, or sstreur@law-arts.org.
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| Case # | Legal Category | Arts Category | Description |
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19-731 Pro Bono |
Business Startup/Corporate | Music |
Business: Music 19-731 Rock and alternative-rock musician needs help evaluating whether he should consolidate his music publishing company with his LLC. The LLC was set-up to market his music. |
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19-420 Pro Bono |
Other | Film/TV |
Content Clearance: Film. 19-420 Documentary film-maker needs help evaluating the risk of releasing a film about growing up as a member of a cult. |
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19-930 Pro Bono |
Other, Trademark Protection, Copyright Protection/Licensing | Other, Visual |
Contract Drafting: Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: Technology 19-930 Two college students/video-game app developers need help with a Terms of Service Agreement and a Privacy Policy. They also need help evaluating whether to proceed with trademark registration at this time. |
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19-905 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Copyright Protection / LicensingOLD | Music |
Contract Review: License Agreement: Music 19-905 Music producers entered into a two page license agreement with a record label and need help interpreting the royalty rate. |
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20-013 Pro Bono |
Contracts | Music |
Contract Review: Non-compte: Music Education 20-013 Private music teacher needs help evaluating her rights under a non-compete agreement. |
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20-026 Pro Bono |
Business Startup/Corporate, Other | Music, Other, Film/T.V. |
Corporate and Trademark: Television 20-026 Broadcast journalist needs help with business structure and trademark registration. |
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19-943 Pro Bono |
Business Startup/Corporate, Contracts | Film/TV, Music, Photography |
Corporate: Media Production 19-943 Media producer and consultant needs start-up advice, help with business structure and one contract for his artist clients. |
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19-784 Pro Bono |
Disputes | Arts Education |
Dispute: Collection and Contract Termination 19-784 Arts and culture education NFP entered into an agreement with another NFP for fundraising services. The fundraising group collected a deposit but failed to perform. Client needs help recovering amounts he paid. |
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19-812 Pro Bono |
Copyright Protection/Licensing | Music, Performance Art, Theater |
Dispute: Collection: Music Royalties 19-812 Author of an inspirational song needs help recovering royalties for the unauthorized use of her song. She also needs help evaluating a contract that she signed with a licensing agent who was able to collect past due royalties, but then kept the entire amount as fees for her services. |
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19-795 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Disputes | Design/Graphic Design |
Dispute: Collection: New York 19-795 Freelance Graphic Designer needs help collecting amounts owed for services rendered. Client needs counsel to draft a demand letter to the adverse party. |
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19-637 Contingent Fee (PB Eligible) |
Disputes, Commercial Litigation | Film/T.V. |
Dispute: Collection: Non-payment for Services 19-637 SAG Voice-over artist performed in several commercial advertisements and needs help collecting the amount that the advertising agency owes her. |
| 19-866 | Disputes | Music, Visual |
Dispute: Demand Letter: Film 19-866 Film producer paid a videographer for two video sessions. Videographer never delivered the film-footage taken at the first session, and Videographer cancelled the second session. Client needs counsel to draft a demand letter to compel delivery of the footage from the first shoot, and repayment of amounts that Client prepaid for the session that was cancelled. |
| 19-946 | Contracts, Copyright Infringement, Disputes | Design/Graphic Design, Literature, Visual |
Dispute: Notice and Takedown 19-946 Graphic designer filed a take-down request with an ISP and has received no response. She needs help enforcing her request that the ISP to take down an infringing work. |
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20-031 Pro Bono |
Contracts | Acting/Modeling |
Dispute: Termination of Contract 20-031 Child actor (represented by his mom) needs help terminating his agreement with a management company. Management company is putting unnecessary pressure on Client to buy classes and training sessions. Contract automatically renewed in 2018. |
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19-718 Pro Bono |
Visa and Immigration | Dance, Music, Theater, Film/T.V. |
Immigration: Music 19-718 Venezuelan music theater student who is in the US on a J-1 Visa, is graduating in May and needs help with an O-1 Visa application. |
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19-820 Pro Bono |
Business Startup/Corporate, Copyright Infringement | Arts Education |
Licensing: Music 19-820 Pre-school music education group that plans to expand their services needs help identifying the ASCAP license that they will need to secure sufficient music licensing rights. |
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19-491 Pro Bono |
Contracts | Dance, Performance Art |
Start-up Advice: Dance 19-491 NFP dance group needs help evaluating whether there are any legal issues they need to address before offering programs that include both adolescent girls and adults. |
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19-776 Pro Bono |
Other | Literature |
Trust: Literary 19-766 Client needs help setting up a trust so the proceeds from the sale of his writings go to his daughter. |
