Business Counseling, Contracts & Transactions

Karl Means, a lawyer in the firm’s Tysons Corner office, is presenting the third session in the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts’ Creative Entrepreneurs Series. The series is for creatives of all kinds who want to take the next step in their professional career by creating their own business. Explore the basics of forming a business for your creative endeavors, from deciding whether to incorporate as a non-profit or for-profit entity, to understanding copyrights and trademarks, to contract and negotiation skills, and finally to taxes and leases.

This Session Covers:

When is a deal a deal?

• Offer
• Acceptance
• Consideration

What can you license?

• Ownership
• Contract considerations
• Royalties

What Happens If Someone Fails?

• Remedies
• Deadlines
• Indemnification
• Governing Law
• Limitations on Remedies