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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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20-450 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Copyright Protection/Licensing | Music |
Contract Drafting: Producer Agreement: Music 20-450 Gospel, soul and hip hop musician is recording an album and needs a Producer Agreement to memorialize the terms of his agreement with the producer. |
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20-479 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Trademark Protection, Copyright Protection/Licensing | Literature, Non-Profit |
Contract Drafting: Terms of Service: Online Publisher 20-479 NFP online publisher that produces and distributes digital picture books with a focus on materials for children in Africa needs a Terms of Service Agreement to accompany the sale of its digital books. |
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20-435 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Copyright Protection/Licensing | Music |
Contract Review: Producer Agreement: Music 20-435 Talented fiddle player needs counsel to review a four page Producer Agreement. The album is essentially complete and Client and the Producer are working on memorializing the terms of their agreement. Producer's attorney drafted the agreement. |
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20-453 Pro Bono |
Contracts | Music |
Contract Review: Publishing Agreement: Music 20-453 Classical composer and performer needs counsel to review a Publishing Agreement that he received from a music publisher. |
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20-397 Pro Bono |
Copyright Infringement | Music |
Copyright Licensing: Music 20-397 NFP choir group plans to hold live-streamed sing-alongs for dementia patients and needs legal help evaluating what licenses they need before launching the sing-along series. |
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20-445 Pro Bono |
Trademark Infringement | Music |
Dispute: Cease and Desist: Trademark Infringement 20-445 Client registered a stage name in 2019, Client regularly uses the name to identify his entertainment services. A YouTube Influencer is using Client's name and Client needs counsel to send a Cease and Desist letter to address this situation. |
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20-473 Pro Bono |
Landlord-Tenant | Visual |
Dispute: Landlord Tenant 20-473 Visual artist with valuable works in a storage locker needs help delaying the storage company’s imminent sale of the art to satisfy its claim against Client for unpaid rent on the locker. |
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20-461 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Landlord-Tenant | Visual |
Dispute: Landlord Tenant: Visual Art 20-461 Visual artist leases a studio in a shared space that prohibits noise. Client's studio neighbors are playing music that makes it difficult for Client to do his work. Client needs legal advice to help resolve this situation. |
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20-319 Pro Bono |
Other, Landlord-Tenant, Personal Injury/Damage to Property | Music, Other, Performance Art, Visual |
Dispute: Property Damage and Personal Injury: Music 20-319 Professional jazz percussionist resides in a leased residential/studio space. The space was damaged as a result of utility work that was performed just outside his building. Client is in the process of negotiating a settlement between the utility company, the landlord and himself and needs legal assistance. |
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20-160 Pro Bono |
Visa and Immigration | Visual |
Immigration: Visual Art 20-160 International student at the Art Institute needs help evaluating her options for securing a visa that will allow her to work full time while she attends school. |
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20-456 Pro Bono |
Business Startup/Corporate, Trademark Protection | Design/Graphic Design, Visual Art |
Start-up and Contract: Graphic Design 20-456 Student graphic design artist needs start-up advice and help with business structure. He also needs a contract for artists he hires to create designs. |
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20-444 Pro Bono |
Business Startup/Corporate, Contracts, Copyright Protection/Licensing | Dance, Literature, Music, Performance Art, Theater, Visual, Film/T.V. |
Start-up and Terms of Service Drafting: Artist Platform 20-444 NFP that promotes the work of emerging black artists is launching an online platform to showcase the artists' work and needs start-up advice and two Terms of Service Agreements, one for the artists who will be showing their work and one for the customers who will be viewing the work. |
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20-447 Pro Bono |
Business Startup/Corporate, Trademark Protection | Film/TV, Radio/Voice |
Start-up and Trademark: Performance 20-447 Music manager who is using radio interviews to promote his artists and his brand needs help establishing a business structure and registering a trademark. |
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20-169 Pro Bono |
Business Startup/Corporate | Design/Graphic Design, Photography, Visual Art |
Start-up: Visual Artist 20-169 Visual artist needs start-up advice, help with business structure and advice regarding copyright registration. |
