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Jul. 5, 2013

Creative License

Lawyers at San Francisco boutique Oliver & Sabec PC have married their values with their legal expertise, representing clients large and small in the arts, entertainment and nonprofit sectors.

By Hamed Aleaziz

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - In the late 1990s, when a building's new owner painted over a landmark San Francisco mural, lawyer Brooke Oliver successfully secured a federal court order to restore the artwork.

"It created precedent in the United States for enforcing the Visual Artists Rights Act as a real thing for major works of art," Oliver said, referring to a 1990 law that, among other things, gave artists ... (continued)

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