00007350 | May 28, 2024 Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Clients need advice on clearing rights to popular songs re-arranged for use on stage. The songs have different lyrics and borrow some of the original song compositions. Clients need help understanding fair use factors and may wish to negotiate a license for use of the songs. Clients state they create musica... Read more
00007549 | Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is a classical ballroom instructor who needs advice on a non-compete agreement with a litigious dance company. He plans to stop instructing and needs counsel on where and what he can teach without violating the agreement. LCA has helped three or four dance teachers in recent years who had similar conc... Read more
00007717 | Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client, a visual artist, seeks trademark counsel on registering her word mark and oversight on copyright registrations of her paintings and drawings. Client sells her artwork online and through various galleries and art shows and states her mark has been used in interstate commerce. She recently found her ar... Read more
00007301 | Client seeks help reorganizing NFP (missing corporate documents, board, company assets, etc.).... Read more
00007062 | Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client, a dancer, needs advice on starting a business after leaving an established dance company. The dance company has sued past employees over its non-compete agreements and Client would like advice on how to avoid any disputes. Four or five LCA volunteers have advised on the same issues for other dancers ... Read more
00004104 | Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client, an Illinois not for profit corporation, provides free arts education programs to grades 3 to 5 in Chicago area elementary schools. Client is working with a graduate student to write a dissertation on Client’s programs. As part of this, there will be interviews with, and perhaps other materials f... Read more
