 | Goodmans at the Entertainment and Media Law Symposium |
April-26-2013
| Lawyer | Eugene Cipparone, Neill May, David Zitzerman |
| Area | Entertainment, Communications, White Collar Risk Management and Investigations |
Details
April 26 - 27, 2013
Donald Lamont Learning Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Moderator: David Zitzerman, Partner, Goodmans LLP
Panelist: Neill May, Partner, Goodmans LLP - Canadian legal issues
10:15 - 11:30 am: Crowdfunding in Entertainment & Media
This session will cover:
- Emergence of crowdfunding as a viable financing model
- Leading crowdfunding models: Kickstarter, Indiegogo, etc.
- Impact on traditional financing models
- Canada/U.S. legal issues: impact of securities law and Jobs Act on equity fundraising; other possible regulation
- Possible pitfalls: compliance and fulfillment issues, failure to deliver
Panelist: Eugene Cipparone, Goodmans LLP
1:30 - 2:30 pm: Practice Management: When Bad Things Happen to Good Retainers
This session will cover:
- The client relationship from cradle to grave:
Engagement/non-engagement - Obligations when someone calls and wants to sue your client….
Joint retainers
Dealing with unrepresented parties
Withdrawal from representation – client fraud, inability to pay, etc.
Terminating engagement
