Posts Tagged ‘management company’
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: The management company where I work has asked me to sign a non-compete agreement saying that, if I ever quit or am fired, I would be prohibited from working as a manager or agent anywhere in the world for one year after I leave. The […]
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Tags: agent, Agreements, artist, artist management, contract, Contracts, engagements, lawsuit, management company, manager, negotiation, New York, presenter, work
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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: Loved your recent Musical American newsletter article on ethics. As a manager, I was very interested when you wrote: “Indeed, the time is long overdue to start considering changes to the long standing paradigms and business models between managers and artists that, for many reasons […]
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Tags: agent, artist, Brian Taylor, commissions, engagements, Goldstein, management company, manager, Paradigm, personal services, presenter, risk, Tour, venue, work, young artist
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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: An artist we have been representing for over 10 years just told us that he is leaving our roster and will be joining the roster of another management company. We didn’t have a written agreement, but we’ve never needed one as we’ve always believed that […]
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Tags: agent, artist, artist manager, attorney, breach, Brian Taylor, commissions, contract, Contracts, contractual provision, engagement contract, Goldstein, lawsuit, legal obligations, Liable, management company, payment, poor ticket sales, presenter
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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
Posted in Acts of God, Agents, Artist Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Liability, Presenters, Venues | Comments Off on You’re Not the Boss of Me!
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein I run a small management company. In addition to our commissions, we bill our artists monthly for their share of expenses (conference fees, publicity materials, etc.) One of our artists is now refusing to pay unless we provide her with an itemization of expenses. Do I have to give her one? […]
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Tags: agent, artist, bill, bookkeeping, Brian Taylor, contract, disclosure, Goldstein, itemization, management company, manager, reimbursable expenses, unreasonable request
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