Case List

Contract Drafting: Agreement to Provide Financial Support for an Artist

21-0501 NFP organization that promotes the work of Black artists plans to provide a sculptor with funding in the form of an investment, to complete a particular work, and needs a contract with the artist to memorialize the terms of their agreement.

Contract Drafting: Co-Producer Agreement: Film

20-1021 Client produced a multi-cultural web-series with the assistance of another producer who did the pre-production and post-production work. Client would like to split the rights to the series 50/50 and needs counsel to draft the agreement.

Contract Drafting: License: Music

21-0694 Recording engineer, the friend of a recently deceased musician, has been asked by his friend's family to produce several albums of the deceased musician's music. Client needs an agreement to allow him to do that.

Contract Drafting: Release and Services Agreements: Multimedia

21-0459 Minority multimedia artist plans to create an exhibition that includes individual portraits together with personal stories and needs help with a release for the featured individuals. She also needs a services agreement for the participating freelance photographers that includes IP and confidentiality provisions.

Contract Negotiations: Music

21-0681 Indie pop band needs help renegotiating the terms of the band's agreement with its current manager.

Contract Review: Artistic Landscaping Agreement

21-0106 Environmental sculptor who was awarded a contract, by a government agency, to create a large scale earth art landscape project, will act as the general contractor for the project, and needs counsel to review her general contract, which has already been signed, and a proposed subcontractor agreement.

Dispute and Contract Drafting: Trademark License: Film

20-1184 Award-winning, minority, filmmaker is producing a feature film about the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and needs a license to use the CPD logo. Client is looking for counsel to negotiate with CPD. Client's initial application was declined.

Dispute: Accounting: Music

21-0146 Minority music artist, Client, registered with one of the DIY music streaming distributors. Client needs help securing a royalty statement and determining if the distributor is withholding royalty payments.

Dispute: Control of a Literary NFP

20-961 Founder of a literary NFP, that has been in existence for more than a decade, was a member of the Board of Directors and the Managing Editor of the organization when he was involuntarily removed from the Board after a new Executive Director launched a campaign to discredit and remove him from his position. Client needs help reviewing the situation and evaluating his options.

Dispute: Copyright Infringement: Writing

21-0463 Journalist and business writer needs help evaluating a claim for copyright infringement of a business plan that she wrote several years ago.

Dispute: Demand Letter: Collection (French Speaking Client)

21-0111 Client, a visual artist, whose works were for-sale at a local gallery, needs counsel to assist with a demand letter to recover amounts the gallery owes to Client for works that were damaged or sold.

Dispute: Landlord Tenant: Visual Artist: Fashion

21-0060 Minority visual artist, in the fashion sector, needs help terminating her lease and recovering the security deposit. Client's space is in a multi-unit building and her neighbor in the next unit has been complaining about the fumes from client's supplies. The situation has escalated and Client does not feel safe in the space.

Dispute: Pending Litigation: Joint Work (Defense)

20-1019 Two visual artists collaborated on a series of paintings and Client is the defendant in an action by the Plaintiff to recover possession of the physical works. Client needs counsel to represent her in the litigation.

Dispute: Termination of Assignment of Copyright: Music

21-0075 Client, the son of a successful songwriter, inherited his fathers catalogue of music. He has a Writer Successor Agreement and a Publishing Successor Agreement with BMI. Client decided to request a termaination of the original publishing agreement and needs help negotiating with the publisher.

Estate Planning: Asset Protection: Elderly Artist

20-846 Minority author is concerned about a nursing home attaching her bank account and needs legal advice regarding asset protection. Client is 74 and is planning for the future. She is not currently in a residential facility.

NFP Advice: Podcast

21-0092 Start-up NFP that does podcasting, and was formerly a project of the founder, needs help evaluating proper steps for transferring assets and liabilities to the NFP.

NFP: Music School

21-0187 Client runs a music school that is currently set up as an L3C. Client needs help evaluating whether this is the best organizational structure for the current operations of the business.