Posts Tagged ‘insurance’
Thursday, July 14th, 2016
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: We have a non-profit theater company with our own performance space. We are looking for additional ways to increase our revenue stream within the terms of the lease. Two questions: Can a non-profit collect revenue for rented space or must it take the form of […]
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Tags: accident, damages, insurance, irs, taxable income, venue
Posted in Arts Management, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Taxes, Venues | Comments Off on Never Rent Your Theater To Cannibals
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: A longtime friend who is also a very successful artist who I greatly respect, asked me to do a project with him. He sent me a contract, but it doesn’t cover things like when and how I get paid. I want to mark up the […]
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Tags: artist, attorney, breach, breaches, Brian Taylor, contract, Contracts, exclusivity, Goldstein, insurance, lawsuit, lawyer, license, music, negotiation, presenter, promoter, recording, risk, visas, work
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Copyrights, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Licensing, Music Rights, Presenters, Publishing, Recordings, Taxes, Touring, Venues, Visas | Comments Off on The Lost Art of Negotiation
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder I had a signed agreement with a promoter to present my artist. The contract provided for two deposits and a final payment on the day of the performance. I worked for over a year with this promoter to put this deal together. Not only did […]
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Tags: artist, breach, breaches, Brian Taylor, contract, Contracts, engagements, Goldstein, insurance, judgment, lawsuit, manager, money, negotiation, payment, presenter, promoter, relationships, risk, work
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters | Comments Off on The Hogwarts School of Contracting and Wizardry
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. A conductor we manage has been invited to conduct one of the orchestras of a University in the United States later this year. He has worked there once before when he conducted performances when he had a J-1 visa. On this occasion however due to the short length of the […]
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Tags: artist, Brian Taylor, contract, Goldstein, insurance, license, music, orchestra, Tour, travel, university, valid passport, visa waiver program, visas, visitor, waiver, work
Posted in Artist Management, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring, Visas | Comments Off on Beware of Easy Solutions
Thursday, March 20th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: What’s the new “normal” in reviewing and exchanging contracts? We are receiving an increasing number of contracts that had been issued as PDF files coming back as word files or even revised PDF files which means I have to read every single line of the agreement […]
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Tags: amendments, boilerplate, Brian Taylor, contract, Contracts, exclusivity, force majeure, Goldstein, insurance, license, music, negotiation, presenter, publicity, Review
Posted in Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on What’s The New Normal In Contract Practice?
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder, About six months ago, a venue booked one of my artists and then sent me a signed contract with language requiring the artist to arrive the day before the concert rather than the morning of the concert. The venue was not willing to pay for […]
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Tags: artist, breach, breach of contract, Brian Taylor, cancellation, Drafting, enforceable contract, Goldstein, insurance, Liable, negotiation, presenter, reasonable solution, travel, venue
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Touring | Comments Off on Don’t Be Late For Dinner
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
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
By Robyn Guilliams Dear Law & Disorder: Performing Arts Division, We are a small presenting organization, and we use an outside company to handle our ticket sales. The company provides us with cloud-based software, which we use to process both online and box office ticket sales. We were recently informed by the software company that […]
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Tags: box office, brian goldstein, credit card information, credit card transactions, damages, insurance, patrons, Robyn Guilliams, security breach, software company, ticket sales, ticketing software
Posted in Arts Management, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Non-Profits, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on We’ve Been Hacked!
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I hire musicians to perform, with me. Are they employees or independent contractors? I do not deduct taxes from what I pay them. Should I also make them sign a contract stating that they are independent contractors? Contrary to what many believe, the distinction between who […]
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Tags: Brian Taylor, corporation, distinction, federal government, Goldstein, independent contractor, independent contractors, insurance, irs, legal relationships, limited liability company, musician, part time, sole proprietor, unemployment insurance laws
Posted in Arts Management, Contracts, Employees, For Profits, Independent Contractors, Insurance, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Limited Liability Companies, Non-Profits, Venues | Comments Off on Independent Contractors or Employees: What’s In A Name?