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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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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, in a master's degree program, is producing a film about the challenges faced by three friends who left a cult like environment in which they had been raised. Client is concerned about a possible defamation claim and needs an attorney opinion letter to submit with his application for errors and omissions insurance. |
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19-810 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Employment, Disputes | Music |
Contract Negotiation: Band Agreement for Previously Recorded Album 19-810 Client was the songwriter for an 80's band that released an album in 2018. The band members did not have a written band agreement and are now seeking to address the various interests of the parties by written agreement. |
| 19-672 | Contracts | Theater |
Contract Negotiation: Co-Author Termination Agreement 19-672 Co-authors of a script for theater have dissolved their working relationship and are in the process of negotiating a termination agreement that includes future credits and on-going royalties. Client (one of the co-authors) needs legal help negotiating the terms of the agreement. |
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19-802 Pro Bono |
Contracts | Music |
Contract Review: Co-Publishing and Sound Recording Agreement 19-802 Songwriter needs counsel to review a contract with a record company. |
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19-491 Pro Bono |
Contracts | Dance, Performance Art |
Contract Review: 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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19-792 Pro Bono |
Personal Injury/Damage to Property | Theater |
Dispute Anticipated: Personal Injury 19-792 Theatre needs legal advice regarding a situation in which an independent contractor/actor was injured while performing during a rehearsal. Injured party has not asserted a claim but theatre is aware that one may be made and needs help evaluating the best approach to take under these circumstances. |
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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 that promised fundraising services. The fundraising group collected a deposit but failed to deliver any of the promised donations. Client seeks to recover the deposit and terminate the contract. Client filed a complaint in Small Claims Court and needs counsel to assist. |
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19-637 Pro Bono |
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. Client has evidence, obtained with the help of SAG, that the voice-overs were used significantly in excess of the scope of the agreement. |
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19-794 Pro Bono |
Contracts, Copyright Protection/Licensing | Film/T.V. |
Dispute: Contract Termination: Film 19-794 Documentary Film-maker would like to terminate a distribution contract that she entered into several month ago and needs help evaluating the risks of terminating and the and effect of termination. |
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19-812 Pro Bono |
Copyright Protection/Licensing | Music, Performance Art, Theater |
Dispute: Music 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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19-646 Pro Bono |
Disputes | Music |
Dispute: Music Royalties: Portugal 19-646 Musician needs help collecting royalties. In collaboration with a rap artist Client wrote and recorded about a dozen tracks. Client wrote and played the music and the rap artist wrote the lyrics and performed the vocals. Songs off an album that came out in 2016 have been licensed and Client received one royalty payment. Recently, Client was able to secure an an accounting but no payment. Client needs legal help collecting the royalties that he is owed. |
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19-763 Contingent Fee (PB Eligible) |
Commercial Litigation | Music |
Dispute: Non-payment of Royalties 19-763 Co-author of a successful House Music song needs help enforcing her rights to royalties. The song was originally published in the late 1980's and is still being sampled, remixed and used in other mediums. |
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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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19-809 Pro Bono |
Copyright Protection / LicensingOLD | Other |
IP Protection: Card Game 19-809 Card game developer needs help protecting his intellectual property. |
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19-628 Pro Bono |
Copyright Protection/Licensing | Fashion |
IP Protection: Fashion 19-628 Client needs help evaluating her options for protecting her intellectual property. |
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19-701 Pro Bono |
Not for Profit Advice | Literature, Music, Performance Art |
NFP: Transfer of Assets and Name Change 19-701 Irish arts and culture NFP needs help structuring the transfer of assets to the NFP from a very small for-profit publishing corporation. The NFP also needs help with a name change. |
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19-653 Paying |
Disputes, Landlord-Tenant | Visual |
Pending Litigation: Landlord-side Eviction 19-653 Artist owns an apartment building and needs legal help with an eviction action that she filed pro se. |
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19-650 Pro Bono |
Disputes, Personal Injury/Damage to Property | Comedy |
Pending Litigation: Personal Injury Defense 19-650 Clients, members of a former sketch comedy group, are named defendants in a personal injury action. The plaintiff's injury was sustained during a performance by the comedy group. Clients need representation in the pending litigation. |
