4.2. Provides advice to executives and employees when new laws can affect the company
4.3. Handles all of the contracts, licenses, permits, trademarks & copyright for the company
5. (A)RTIST and (R)EPERTOIRE
5.1. Artist and repertoire (A&R) is the department that discovers and signs new talent and prepares budgets for signed artists. A&R coordinators search for artists by attending music festivals, watching unsigned bands perform in clubs, reviewing demos and following the buzz in the music world.
5.2. Once artists are signed, A&R helps them find producers, a recording studio and session musicians and helps with song selection.
5.3. The business end of the signed artists' relationship with the label is also handled by the A&R department in conjunction with the label's legal and financial departments.