Posts Tagged ‘cancellations’
Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
By Brian Taylor Goldstein Let’s all step back and take a breath for moment. As you can imagine, the coronavirus has overrun (dare I say “infected?”) our office with an ever growing stream of cancellations based on force majeur and concerns from venues, presenters, agents, and artists from around the world. As the situation has […]
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Tags: acts of god, cancellation, cancellations, Contracts, Coronavirus, force majeure
Posted in Acts of God, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Response of the Performing Arts to the World Premiere of the Coronavirus
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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Tags: act of god, acts of god, Agreements, artist, booking agreement, breach, breaches, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellations, contract, Festival, Goldstein, insurance, Liable, losses, money
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring, Venues | Comments Off on The Band That Stood Up To God…and Lost
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder We booked an artist to perform at our theater, but ticket sales have been much lower than we expected. The show is a month away. We are a small venue with a small budget, and can’t afford to present an artist if we can’t sell […]
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Tags: agent, artist, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellation clause, cancellations, contract, Contracts, customs, dispute, engagement contract, Goldstein, Liable
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on The Power of Contractual Silence
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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Tags: act of god, acts of god, artist, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellations, Contracts, contractual provision, damages, flood, force majeure, Goldstein, injury, Liable, payment, poor ticket sales, presenter, unforeseen event
Posted in Acts of God, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring | Comments Off on Not Even God Can Act Without A Contract!
