Case List

Copyright: Music.

19-086 Music producer needs help understanding the current law around the use of music samples in his work.

NFP: Literary.

19-173 NFP that publishes an art magazine needs help reinstating their 501(c)3 tax exemption which was revoked for failure to file 990s.

Employment: NFP: Film

19-213 NFP film group needs legal advice regarding their upcoming transition from an all-volunteer organization to one with paid staff.

Dispute: Breach of Settlement Agreement: Music

19-234 Client wrote and recorded music that was used without authorization in several episodes of a television show. With the assistance of counsel, Client entered into a Settlement Agreement with the show's producers. Producer violated the settlement. Client needs help evaluating his claim.

Dispute: Pending Litigation.

19-395 Visual artist was the victim of a scam perpetrated though a credit card processing system, and the credit card company filed an action to collect from the artist. Client needs counsel to represent him in the defense of this claim.

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.

Tax Credit Application: Film

19-465 An experienced documentary filmmakers shot most of a feature length documentary film about Native American culture and needs help with his application to the Illinois Film Office for a Tax Credit.

Dispute: Copyright

19-477 Visual artist was commissioned to paint a mural on the wall of a public school in the 1990s. The mural was later removed and client needs help evaluating his rights under the Visual Artists Rights Act.

Trademark Registration: Fashion

19-489 Client is a 14 year old clothing designer who needs help with trademark registration. His mother and his grandmother are assisting him with the legal aspects of his business.

Trademark Registration: App. Developer

19-492 Greeting card app. developer needs help with trademark registration. He is working with LCA pro bono counsel on the patent application.

Trademark Protection: Fashion

19-521 Graphic and sportswear designer needs help with trademark protection.

Contract License: Film

19-539 Client licensed the rights to an out-of-print book to adapt it for the theater. Client performed three staged readings of the play which have gone well. Recently, a well known author expressed an interest in optioning the rights to the book for a film adaptation. Client needs help confirming that their rights to the stage production are protected.

Contract Review: Consulting and Commissioned Artwork for a Film Agreement

19-533 Visual artist received a contract to provide artwork and consulting services to a well known production company and needs help evaluating the offer.

Contract Drafting: License Agreement: Theater

19-557 Small cultural arts museum,Client, is funding the production of a play and needs a contract with the playwright/producer that describes the rights and obligations of the parties.

IP Protection: Computer Application

19-568 Comic book author and inventor needs help evaluating the best way to protect the intellectual property associated with his computer application. He also needs a work-for-hire agreement for an illustrator and a computer programmer.