I don’t think many of you would disagree that these are pretty terrible times. That goes for everyone, not just people who make our living from live entertainment and sports […]
Event Safety Alliance Reopening Guide
After four weeks of diligent work by more than 300 contributors from all aspects of the live event industry, the Event Safety Alliance Reopening Guide is now available for free […]
Four Questions About Coronavirus
In this Adelman on Venues video, I address four legal questions that seem pretty hot these days. Caveat: As with most things about coronavirus, subsequent events may quickly pass it […]
“A Catastrophe of Lawyers”
Initial Legal Responses to Coronavirus During a virtual happy hour recently, my friends asked if a bunch of crows is called a murder, what do you call a big group […]
Baseball and Bumper Cars
After at least three weeks of talking nonstop about the effects of coronavirus on the live event industry, including explaining force majeure and event cancellation contract provisions to anyone who […]
Coronavirus and Event Cancellation
I am obviously no medical expert, and I would not presume to offer that sort of advice regarding anyone’s health or safety. But through the Event Safety Alliance, I am […]
Everybody Hurts
I often have occasion to remark that we don’t know what goes on behind other people’s closed doors. Some people are open about their inner life, venting to friends or […]
Employees or Independent Contractors?
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 5 As you return to full speed after New Year’s, you may need to add to your To Do list a careful review […]
Questions for a New Decade
I do my best learning by deciding how to explain some weird situation to other people. Each fact feels like a piece of a big puzzle that I not only […]
Our Bright Future
As we push towards the end-of-year holidays, there is a tendency to look back in an effort to make sense of the year. I suppose I’ll do some of that […]