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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Bruce Sires to Speak on Employing Minors in Entertainment Projects at California Lawyers for the Arts Workshop

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 10 - 11:30am
Canoga Park Youth Arts Center
7222 Remmet Ave.
Canoga Park, CA 91303

Since 2001, minors employed in sports and entertainment have gained a unique advantage over any other employed minors.  That is, that the money they earn is theirs, and their parents have fiduciary duties to them that do not exist for other minors.  In addition, the employers of minors have unique obligations to the minors, including deposits into Coogan accounts, and unique opportunities to avoid the minor's ability to disaffirm their contracts.  

This workshop will explore the rights of children in the business and protecting those rights for the child's benefit:  the contractual issues of which those doing business with minors need to be aware; what statutory protections are available for the adults in the transactions; what can be done if your contract is not statutorily protected will be explored; which court will hear these cases; and will a guardianship be required to protect the minors estate.  Finally, Mr. Sires will explore how to deal with the conflicts of interest inherent in representing and advising minors, their families, and those dealing with them, i.e. who do the lawyers represent?

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