Re: Question about non-compete clauses

["Mark Laurence" <laurence@sprintmail.com>]

On 15 Apr 00, at 9:40, Martin J. Waters wrote:

> A few Sundays ago, Neil Chayette (sp?),with the great Looking at
> the Law show Sundays on WBZ, talked about non-competes. He
> mentioned that AFTRA at some recent time got them banned under its
> radio contracts. But the way he said this would give the impression
> to listeners that 99 percent of all radio people are under AFTRA
> contracts, so I thought that little bit of it was misleading. And
> I don't know if he meant AFTRA nationally or in Boston. 

I believe it's a Massachusetts state law, thanks to AFTRA's efforts, 
that non-competes are illegal, specifically for broadcasters.

Mark
laurence@sprintmail.com