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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“VLA Bootcamp: Legal Matters Commonly Handled by the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Artists and arts organizations encouraged to attend for FREE!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Oct. 24, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Orthodox Church at the Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6201 Detroit Ave., Cleveland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4:00 p.m. Registration & Refreshments<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4:30 p.m.
<b>VLA Bootcamp – Legal Matters Commonly Handled by the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6:00 p.m. Adjourn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The CMBA’s <a href="http://www.clemetrobar.org/VLA">
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts</a> (VLA) provides pro bono legal services and educational outreach to local artists and arts organizations. A panel of VLA attorneys will discuss legal topics that are often encountered when representing artists and arts organizations.
Topics will include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Work-for-Hire Arrangements – Understanding and Protecting an Artist’s Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Business Entity Selection and Formation Issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Forming and Operating Tax-Exempt Arts Organizations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Intellectual Property Law and the Arts Update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Steven W. Day, <i>Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">George H. Carr, <i>
Sikora Law<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Christopher J. Klasa,
<i>McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Michael S. Russell,
<i>The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Artists are welcome to attend this FREE seminar designed to offer advice on a range of relevant legal issues.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">RSVP by emailing Jessica Paine at
<a href="mailto:jpaine@clemetrobar.org">jpaine@clemetrobar.org</a> by Oct. 23.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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