• When John Malm met with Trent Reznor and showed him themanagement agreement that Reznor signed, one thing Reznor couldhave done (and Malm told him he could do) is hire his own attorney.
• While many new artists do not use attorneys, a competententertainment attorney can advise the artist about contractprovisions (explaining what they mean and whether or not they arefairly standard) and negotiate on the artist's behalf.
• Assume that you are an attorney hired by Reznor before he signed amanagement contract with Malm. What do you think is the mostimportant provision you should negotiate on Reznor's behalf. Howwould you negotiate to make the provision more favorable for yourclient?

Issue

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Discussion

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-- uses facts and reasoning from theproblemappropriately to support analysis

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-- employs effective counter-analysis

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-- includes sound reasoning and analysis

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