6th Annual Artistic License Awards
Los Angeles
Sunday June 30, 2013 @ 5 PM
California Lawyers for the Arts invites you to
Reception and awards program benefiting California Lawyers for the Arts and celebrating service to the California Arts Community
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404
HONORING
INTEL Corporation
CA Senator Carol Liu
Wayne Kramer, Co-Founder, Jail Guitar Doors
CA Senator Alan Sieroty (Retired)
Catherine Emanuel, Esq.
MAJOR SPONSORS INCLUDE
Intel Corporation
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
NEW eBook Version
AVAILABLE NOW!
Revised for the 2012 tax year, in its 35th edition, this is a unique tax preparation guide for the creative arts community.
Covers the following topics:
Significant Tax Law Changes for 2012
Who Must File an Income Tax Return?
What is Gross Income?
What Can Be Deducted from Gross Income as Business Deductions?
What Can Be Deducted from Adjusted Gross Income as Personal Deductions?
How Do You Compute Your Income Taxes?
California is (as usual) a Little Different!
What--More Taxes?
Incorporation, Partnerships, LLC's?
CLA is a State Bar Certified Lawyer Referral Service
USPTO California Inventors Assistance Program
Under the “America Invents Act,” the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) established a new pro bono program designed to assist financially under-resourced independent inventors and small businesses. CLA was selected as the statewide Administrator of the program throughout California to process pro bono intakes in conjunction with the USPTO. This program is called the California Inventors Assistance Program (CAIP).
RESALE ROYALTY ACT SURVEY
The California Resale Royalty Act is Under Constitutional Review in the Federal Courts. Please help us by completing a brief 6-question survey:
PLEASE FORWARD THIS SURVEY
to all other interested parties you know!
Also, click for Amicus Brief filed by California Lawyers for the Arts. For more information about the Act, please read the brochure provided by the California Arts Council here .
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 7:30 PM • Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:00 PM • Bldg. C Room 265, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 94123 (enter at Buchanan St. and Marina Blvd)
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:00 PM • Bldg. C Room 265, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 94123 (enter at Buchanan St. and Marina Blvd)
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:30 PM • Arts Share LA, 801 E 4th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Monday, June 03, 2013 11:30 AM • The Avid Reader at Tower; 1600 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:00 PM • Bldg. C Room 265, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 94123 (enter at Buchanan St. and Marina Blvd)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:30 PM • Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Saturday, June 22, 2013 10:00 AM • Art Share LA, 801 E 4th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:00 PM • Bldg. C Room 265, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 94123 (enter at Buchanan St. and Marina Blvd)
Sunday, June 30, 2013 5:00 PM • William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
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July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012
In our 37th fiscal year:
1,346 persons were members of California Lawyers for the Arts
1,066 individual artists and arts organizations received legal assistance from our attorney panel .
1,771 persons attended 78 C.L.A. educational programs
1,395 individuals and organizations participated in alternative dispute resolution services
66 deserving teens were placed in internships with arts organizations and apprenticeships with artists and attended 14 workshops
235 persons participated in two Artistic License Awards benefits
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