Archive for the ‘Acts of God’ Category
Thursday, October 24th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder We recently has a situation where one of our groups showed up at a festival, but just before they were to go on stage, the police shut down the event due to an approaching electrical storm. The presenter had given the group a deposit for 50% […]
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We booked one of our artists to perform at a non-profit venue. The booking agreement was signed by all parties. We just received a phone call from the venue that their board met last night and decided unanimously to cancel the engagement due to poor ticket […]
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Tags: acts of god, board chairs, booking agreement, breach, breach of contract, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellation fee, contract, contract situation, contract states, contractual obligations, damages, Goldstein, lawsuit, legal obligations, Non-Profits, poor ticket sales, presenter, reasonable solution
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law & Disorder, Our ensemble has recently had friction with its management over weather-related travel concerns. We had concerts scheduled during both Hurricane Sandy and this most recent blizzard in the Northeast, and as both approached, discussed postponing them with our management company. In both instances, they stated […]
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Tags: act of god, artist, bad weather, blizzard, Brian Taylor, contract, Contracts, engagement contract, engagements, Goldstein, Hurricane Sandy, management company, manager, presenter, risk, safety concerns, severity, storms, travel, travel concerns, weather conditions
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. No sooner had Super Storm Sandy begun crashing into the East Coast when my phone started ringing with cancellations. The most common question went something like this: “The presenter needs to cancel, but they already paid a deposit. Do we have to give it back? What the protocol?” The second […]
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