Corporate
16382 – NEW CASE – On Review
Client, a dance producer and manager, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to form an LLC for her dance management company.
Dispute / Litigation / Negotiation
Fashion
16322 – On Review
Client, a fashion designer, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to stop online stores from infringing her copyright in her photography and shoe designs.
Film/TV
16374 – NEW CASE – On Review
Client, a film director, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to represent Client in a dispute between the Client and one of the film’s producers over lack of credit and Client’s removal from a project.
16307 – On Review
Client, a screenwriter, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to assess Client’s rights against a film company that released a film with strong similarities to Client’s copyrighted screenplay, and to pursue relief if appropriate.
16239
Client, a not-for-profit filmmaking organization, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to respond to a former collaborator who harassed a board member, filed an ethics complaint against Client and its president, and continues to speak disparagingly about Client in the filmmaking community.
16181
Client, a radio documentary producer whose work is featured in a documentary film without her permission, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to draft a cease and desist letter, and to either negotiate a new license agreement or potentially bring a breach of contract claim against involved parties.
16053 – On Review
Client, a founding member of a media company, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to navigate a dispute with his former business partner in regard to conflicting interests in their LLC.
16043
Client, a screenwriter whose former collaborator completed and released their joint project without Client’s participation or approval, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney evaluate her options, including mediation, in order to demand credit for the project or to have it removed from the internet.
15969
Client, a film producer who co-created a documentary about a music summer camp, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to resolve a dispute with a business partner who has continued the project without Client’s participation or approval.
15777 – On Review
Client, a scriptwriter, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to resolve a dispute with a director who used Client’s autobiographical script and personal photographs to create a feature film.
Literary
16387
Client, an artist and writer, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney for negotiation and possible mediation of a copyright dispute over her late husband’s estate.
16121
Client, the author of several well-known books, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to resolve a dispute over the estate of her previous business partner. Client and her previous partner owned a joint copyright to the photographs in the books, which have been reproduced and licensed without her permission.
16013
Client, an author, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to resolve a dispute regarding funds that a publisher paid her under a contract, to regain intellectual property rights in the works covered under the parties’ contract, and to enforce her privacy rights which she believes her publisher has violated.
15809
Client, the daughter-in-law of a notable actor, author, and radio celebrity (now deceased), seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to collect past due royalty payments inherited from Client’s late father-in-law’s publication of a book on hypnosis.
Music
16393 – NEW CASE
Client, a singer-songwriter, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to remove her song from music streaming websites that are mis-attributing the song. The song is currently listed with another woman’s photo and biography.
16323 – On Review
Client, a songwriter, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to obtain accountings from parties that she believes are wrongfully licensing out her music, in order to determine whether she is owed royalties.
16310
Client, a recording artist whose album has been offered for sale without her knowledge or consent, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to determine the royalties that she is owed from the distribution of her album, and to assess her rights under the governing recording contract.
16282
Client, a singer, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to receive credit for the twelve years of work she did on behalf of a well-known jazz musician.
Photography
16142
Client, a visual artist, seeks assistance of a volunteer attorney to resolve a contractual dispute with a photographer with whom she collaborated on a project.
16011
Client, the recipient of a sizable photography grant, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to resolve a dispute with a former partner who received half of the grant to promote the project but failed to execute the work promised.
Theater
16289 – On Review
Client, a theatre company, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to recover raw footage of film that a production company contractually agreed to edit several years ago.
16163
Client, an actor whose profile was removed from a casting website when he was recovering from surgery, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to have his profile restored and to receive a refund for the fees he paid to the website.
16150
Client, a musical theater composer, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to negotiate a copyright dispute with a former writing partner.
Visual
16273
Client, a community-focused public artist whose work is installed in a New York City park, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney to assess Client’s claim of copyright infringement against a corporate art installation, and to pursue relief if appropriate.
16261
Client, a sculptor of industrial works resembling natural organisms, seeks the assistance of a volunteer attorney in resolving a dispute with her gallery concerning an accounting and return of Client’s works.
