Teaching:
Positions
Assistant Professor of Business Law,
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Fall 2010-Present
Instructor, Music Business/Management,
Berklee College of Music, Fall 2003-Spring 2004
Courses Taught/Developed
The Legal & Ethical Environment of
Business (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
International Business Law (University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
Intellectual Property Law Seminar
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
International Economics & Finance
(Berklee College of Music)
Current Litigation/Service:
Lead Counsel for Plaintiff in Brownmark v. Comedy Partners, et al., a
copyright infringement lawsuit on appeal before the United States Court of
Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Intellectual Property Counsel for Milwaukee Irish Fest (Manage
copyright and trademark assets, negotiate music licensing agreements with third
party licensees, and provides pro bono legal services for
musicians).
Scholarship:
Peer Reviewed Publications
Alhadeff, Peter & McChrystal, Caz, Inflation
and U.S. Music Mechanicals, 1976-2009, 13 Global Business and Economics
Review 1 (2011)
McChrystal, Caz, Review: Allen Bargfrede and
Cicily Mak, Music Law In the Digital Age, 10 Music & Entertainment
Industry Edcuators Association Journal 188(2010).
McChrystal, Caz, The Dissonant Tune of
International Harmonization and the Domestic Duration of Phonorecord
Protection, 8 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertatinment and Technology Law 523
(2006)
Other Publications
McChrystal, Caz, "Intellectual Property and
Performance Rights for Internet Radio," White Paper, published by Milwaukee
Irish Fest, Spring 2012.
Alhadeff, Peter & McChrystal, Caz,
Songwriter's Mechanicals Since 1976, The Music Business Journal, April
2010.
McChrystal, Caz, Avoiding the Copyright War of
2013, The Music Business Journal, July 2009.
McChrystal, Caz, Back to Mine, Billboard
Magazine, July 25, 2009, p. 11.
McChrystal, Caz, The Unsound Policies of Sound
Recording Protection, The Music Business Journal, April
2006.
University & Academic Service:
- Guest speaker at Public Relations Student Society of America, University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point, March 14, 2012
- Member of the Director of Advising search and screen committe, Spring-Summer
2011
- Member of the School of Business & Economics Rules Committee, Fall
2011.
- Guest Speaker at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the
Art's Senior Arts Practicum, 2008-2011.
Professional Service & Experience:
- Lead counsel for Plaintiff in Brownmark v. Comedy Partners, et al.
- Intellectual Property counsel to Milwaukee Irish Fest
- Pro Bono legal counsel
- Intellectual Property and Business Law practitioner, May 2007-August
2010
- Columnist, Shepher Express, 2004-2007
- Research Analyst for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, May-October
2003
Fields of Interest:
Primary:
- Intellectual Proper Licensing
- Litigation
- Transactional Law
Secondary:
- Business Associations
- International Business Law
- International Transactional Law
Licensure/Affiliations:
Licensed to practice in:
- Wisconsin
- The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
Member, American Bar Association
Professional Development:
Continuing Legal Education
Legal Ethics 2010
Legislative History and Intent-Fact or
Fiction?
Food Regulations in Wisconsin
MBA Concepts for Lawyers
Young Lawyers Leadership Division
Conference
Schedule: