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The article profiles lawyer Mark Gaston Pearce and focuses on his use of art and law to draw attention to workers' rights. A background is provided on the education and early career of Pearce in the legal profession. It highlights Pearce's series of paintings called "the other Rosies," which feature women of color who held industrial jobs during World War II, as well as his support for the labor community by mentoring law students and educating workers about their rights.

The article talks about unsanctioned street or graffiti art and the issue of intellectual property (IP) protection for such artworks. Topics include the rising appreciation for street art and whether IP laws extend to protect such works, the reality of such works being taken from their creators and reproduced on merchandise, exhibited, or sold at auctions, the laws and case decisions that protect street art from being copied, removed, sold and destroyed, and the U.S. Copyright Act.

The article offers information on the profession of women lawyers focusing on the views of several women engaged in this profession. The article refers lawyer Megan Zavieh who talks about her consultation with lawyers with mental health issues. The article also refers Paula Boggs who became a lawyer while she with the military and then changed her path to become general counsel for Starbucks. Information on art law was practiced by Leila Amineddoleh is also mentioned.

The article focuses on the working of the intellectual property law for protecting graffiti art. It mentions that the U.S. intellectual property (IP) law protects street art from unauthorized copying, sale, removal or destruction of the work. it also mentions the copyright law for protection of original work of authorship.

The article discusses the legal rights and obligations of fans of television programs such as "Firefly" who create and sell items that are based on products featured in the programs. Cease-and-desist letters are mentioned in relation to hatmakers who used the Internet to sell their versions of an orange and yellow ski cap that was worn by the character Jayne Cobb on "Firefly." The legal aspects of fan art, paintings, and sculptures are examined, as well as U.S. copyright laws.

The article discusses America's government speech doctrine in relation to the U.S. government's decision to remove high school student David Pulphus' painting from the U.S. Capitol building due to the claim that the artwork contained anti-police messaging, and it mentions several U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the American Constitution's First Amendment such as Rust v. Sullivan and Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans. The freedom of speech matter Pulphus v. Ayers is assessed.

The article presents suggestions for lawyers representing artists. The author says that contracts play a significant role in protecting the creativity and works of artists. According to the author, lawyers should not expect all artists to follow their advice. The author adds that they should teach business skills that artists may not possess.

The article presents the author's comments on the need for artists' representatives to be well informed about the employment agency laws in the jurisdiction where their artist clients live in the U.S. The author says that lawyers may be able to obtain work for artists without an agent's license by working with a licensed talent agent.

The article discusses California attorney Alexandra Darraby who is the founder and principal of the Art Law Firm located in Los Angeles, California, and it mentions Darraby's work on legal issues involving architecture, museums, paintings, and sculptures. An exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art featuring the work of the late American artist Mark Rothko is examined, along with the differences between contemporary art and modern art.

The article presents the author's comments on how lawyers need to represent artists and the arts. The author says that it is important for lawyers to know that artists think in a different way from them. According to him, artists may be holistic and intuitive thinkers. The author adds that lawyers would be able to serve their artist clients better if they look at the world from the perspective of artists.

The article focuses on an unusual art experiment conducted by Minneapolis's Parsinen Kaplan Rosberg & Gotlieb on improving both business practices and the health of its lawyers. The firm joined forces with an artist and a local holistic medicine practice for the experiment. The 10-week study was overseen by Robert Bruley and was set out to find if the calming nature paintings by artist Joan Solomon could affect productivity and help increase profitability by providing stress relief.

The article focuses on a networking event for students hosted by the William Mitchell College of Law in Minnesota to get to know members of the legal community in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The networking event called "Breaking the Ice, Creating Connections" took place in the studio of glass artist Fred Kaemmer in 2008. Attendees at the event included law students, school faculty and staff, local lawyers who are members of the Minnesota State Bar Association and other groups. Kaemmer has demonstrated his art at the event.

Focuses on the book 'The West Collection,' from the West Publishing Co. West's permanent collection of law-related contemporary American art; Collection's inclusion of both well-known and emerging artists.

Reports on the annual art and law exhibit sponsored by the West Publishing Co. slated in August 1986 in New York City. Features; Exhibition tour.