Lavoie v. Artists Rights Enforcement Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION KENT LAVOIE, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 2:20-cv-756-JLB-NPM ARTISTS RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT CORPORATION, Defendant. ORDER Plaintiff Kent LaVoie—better known by the stage name “Lobo”— is a singer- songwriter who became popular in the 1970s.1 In 1983, Mr. LaVoie executed a contract with Artists Rights Enforcement Corporation (“AREC”). (Doc. 3, Ex. A.) The contract allowed AREC to act on Mr. LaVoie’s behalf by collecting royalties from third parties who sold phonograph records and cassettes of his music. In exchange for enforcing…