Law Practice,
Insurance,
Contracts
Oct. 24, 2019
The unfortunate need to address mass shootings in contracts
For those in the live entertainment business, where venues have become targets, there has been a need to address operational issues, contractual relationships and insurance issues. This article is a discussion of those areas where the possibility of mass shootings gets factored in.
Richard J. Idell
The Idell Firm APC
96 Jessie St Fl 3
San Francisco , CA 94105
Email: richard.idell@idellfirm.com
Richard is a veteran entertainment lawyer specializing in music festivals and other live entertainment productions and matters in the wine industry. He practiced in San Francisco for many years and is now of counsel to Dickenson, Peatman and Fogarty in Napa, California. He grows grapes and makes wine in Sonoma, California where he resides. Richard has written and lectured on legal issues in presenting rock and roll festivals and other entertainment productions.
It is truly a sad commentary on our society that we have had so many mass shootings in our country in recent years. The number of mass shootings in the U.S. is and tracked, and the statistics are startling: Using one definition of "mass shooting" ("firearm violence resulting in at least four people being shot at roughly the same time"), there have been 2,128 mass shootings since 2013, roughly one per day. But don't get me started on the need for gun elimination in a p...
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