Archive for the ‘Arts Management’ Category
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder I’ve been asked sign a bad performance review with a number of inaccuracies. Can I be fired if I don’t sign it? Or should I insist that it be amended to reflect the truth? Our Executive Director is very emotional and hard to deal with, […]
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Tags: contract, exceptions, work
Posted in Arts Management, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division | Comments Off on Never Play Chess With Pigeons
Friday, June 19th, 2015
Hi everyone I realize that this is outside of our normal blog posting schedule. However, understandably, there is a growing concern over the recent…and ongoing…computer crash that has resulted in U.S. Consulates around the world being unable to issue visas. This means that even artists who have been issued I-797 approval notices from USCIS are currently […]
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Tags: approval notice, state department, travel, uscis, visas
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on UPDATE ON U.S. VISA DELAYS
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Every time someone sends us a contract, its always a lengthy document with lots of legalese that no one understands. Is there anything wrong with having a simple, one page agreement that everyone can easily understand and will sign? A lot of people mistake “legalese” […]
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Tags: agent, assumptions, attorney, commissions, contract, Contracts, copyright, damages, dispute, engagement contract, excerpts, lawsuit, lawyer, license, presenter, recording, Tour, venue, visas
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Touring, Venues | Comments Off on Understanding Legalese
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
By Robyn Guilliams GG Arts Law and GG International are in the process of hiring a new administrative assistant. As I’ve been reviewing applications, I’m sad to say that I am shocked – shocked! – at the very poor quality of some of the cover letters and resumes we’ve received. So, as a […]
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Tags: career, Education, work
Posted in Arts Management, Employees, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division | Comments Off on Advice For The Young and Restless
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Someone recently told me that there was a new form for U.S. visa petitions for artists. Is this true? If so, when do I have to start using it? Late last year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a revised version of Form I-129—the form […]
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Tags: immigration, immigration law, petitioner, petitions, uscis, visa petition, visa petitions, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on New O and P Visa Petition Form Effective May 1, 2015
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Our organization has engaged a foreign musician whose European agent is balking at the artist having to obtain an O-1 visa that we know he needs. We want to do this right, so I’m getting my ducks in line to tell him no and part […]
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Tags: artist, engagements, Festival, immigration, manager, musician, petitioner, presenter, Tour, united states citizenship and immigration services, uscis, venue, visa petition, visas, visitor, visitor visa, waiver, work
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Is It Still Illegal If I Don’t Get Caught?
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Hypothetical: A theatrical production company would like to produce a tribute musical production to a songwriter using only the songwriter’s music being performed by the cast of the production. The production would be held at a community theater which is not licensed by ASCAP or any […]
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Tags: ascap, bmi, composer, composers, dramatic license, Licensing, necessary licenses, performance license, performer, sesac, songwriter, venue, work
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Venues | Comments Off on Don’t Be Shy About BMI
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A presenter wants to breach our engagement contract by cancelling. Our cancellation clause says that, in the event of cancellation, we get 50% of the engagement fee or actual damages. They are offering 50%, but at this stage want the full fee. If you have […]
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Tags: breach, cancellation, cancellation clause, contract, Contracts, damages, engagement contract, engagements, losses, presenter, risk, Tour
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring | Comments Off on The Damaging Truth About Cancellation Damages
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We are a dance company who is going to perform in March in the United States. We gave the list of names for Visa purposes last September to the venue. Now we have some changes, we have to replace two technicians who are essential for the […]
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Tags: dance company, last minute, manager, musician, orchestra, orchestras, performer, Tour, travel, uscis, venue, visa category, visa petition, visas
Posted in Artist Management, Arts Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Replacement Woes
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. We were in the process of booking one of our singers with an orchestra, when we encountered the following Force Majeure clause in the orchestra’s contract: “If, as a result of any event beyond the control of the Orchestra, including, but not limited to, war, national calamity, strike, labor […]
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Tags: acts of god, artist, cancellation, cancellation clause, cancellation fee, contract, Contracts, damages, engagements, flood, force majeure, negotiation, poor ticket sales, storms
Posted in Acts of God, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Non-Profits, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on The Divine Right To Cancel