Updated as of Tuesday November 26, 2019
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Contract
Copyright
Corporate
Disputes
Employment
Immigration
Mediation
Non-Profit
Patent
Real Estate/Landlord/Tenant
Trademark
Wills, Trusts, or Estates
Contract
Dance
16760 – On Review
Client, the founder of a start-up online platform that hosts dance tutorial video content, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to draft a privacy policy and terms of service for her digital platform.
16731
Client, the founder of a start-up online platform that hosts dance tutorial video content, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to draft employment contracts for contributors to the platform.
Film/TV
16836
Client, a documentary filmmaker whose latest film explores the local aftermath of the closure of a U.S. weapons plant, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to review and revise an agreement with a music composer for her film.
16834
Client, a film producer, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to review and revise a production agreement with the director of a documentary.
16826
Client, a documentary filmmaker, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to review and revise various release forms for subjects of a film on Litefeet dance culture, as well as a contract with his partner.
Literary
16805 – On Review
Client, a journalist, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to draft a contract for the sale of his interview audio recordings.
Music
16819 – On Review
Client, a music producer, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to draft an artist management contract with a singer discovered in Russia.
16817
Client, a singer and composer with a background in traditional Balkan and Mediterranean music, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to revise and negotiate a contract for her work on a collaborative track with the co-writer and producer of the song.
16815
Client, a bassist in a futuristic chamber-folk group, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to negotiate a management agreement with a record label.
16784
Client, a music producer whose album of traditional Jewish songs are adapted and translated for a wider audience, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to update payment terms in an existing work-for-hire agreement with a lyricist.
Visual Arts
16764 – On Review
Client, an award-winning conceptual and visual artist who is often commissioned to install works in public spaces, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to draft a template agreement that will protect his copyright interests in future projects.
Copyright
Film/TV
16822 – On Review
Client, a screenwriter and filmmaker, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to draft release agreements to secure the intellectual property rights to her script and web series.
Theater
16783 – NEW CASE
Client, the author of a musical that explores semi-fictionalized stories of historical figures, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to review the draft script to identify instances of potential copyright infringement and to offer advice concerning fair use.