YOU BE THE JUDGE WRITING PROBLEM Asher Hyman and Stephen Stahl formed a corporation named Ampersand to produce plays.

Both men were employed by the corporation.

After producing one play, Stahl decided to write Philly’s Beat, focusing on the history of rock and roll in Philadelphia. As the play went into production, however, the two men quarreled over Hyman’s repeated absences from work and the company’s serious financial difficulties. Stahl resigned from Ampersand and formed another corporation to produce the play. Did the opportunity to produce Philly’s Beat belong to Ampersand? Argument for Stahl: Ampersand was formed for the purpose of producing plays, not writing them. When Stahl wrote Philly’s Beat, he was not competing against Ampersand.

Argument for Hyman: Ampersand was in the business of producing plays, and it wanted Philly’s Beat.