LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division September 27, 2023 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • Contractual Effrontery • Not Paying Artists Is A Crime! • How A Government Shutdown Will Impact US Artist Visas Legal Issue of the Month: Contractual Effrontery Recently, I was contacted by an agent regarding a new artist that was joining his […]
Read the rest of this article »The French website Forum Opera has just given us a list of 199 operas that you should experience before you die. There are a “few” on the list that I have not yet experienced and there is not an extraordinary length of time left for me to finish this task. Did they miss anything? Has […]
Read the rest of this article »LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division June 7, 2023 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • What Are Contracts For? • Non-Profit Laws Made Simple • Are Union Strikes Force Majeure Events? • Artist Visa Updates Legal Issue of the Month: What Are Contracts For??? It’s no secret that a vast expanses of artists, venues, managers, presenters, […]
Read the rest of this article »LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division April 6, 2023 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • Artist Visa Updates • Non-Compete Agreements • Manager/Agent Trust Accounts • Is There A Constitutional Right To Poop Jokes? Artist Visa News & Nausea • The Status of Proposed Petition Fee Increases Thanks to all of you who took the time […]
Read the rest of this article »LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division February 22, 2023 CALL TO ACTION! ARTS COMMUNITY ASSEMBLE! We have until MARCH 13, 2023 to file public comments and objections to USCIS’s proposal to artist visa petition fees to nightmarish levels. As a reminder, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the consummate embodiment of incompetency, capriciousness, […]
Read the rest of this article »LAW & DISORDER Performing Arts Division January 25, 2023 USCIS PROPOSES DRACONIAN FEE INCREASES FOR ARTIST VISAS! Despite my efforts to have our blogs and updates covering a wide range of topics, and not just artist visas, I am now frustratingly forced to focus entirely on a significant issue that has arisen in the world of obtaining […]
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