Re: Herald: Harvey Leonard to WCVB

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 08:41:41 -0500 mlaurence@mindspring.com writes:
> On Saturday, April 6, 2002, at 04:16  AM, Bob Nelson wrote:
> 
> > Today's Herald says that WCVB-TV 5 has hired
> > meteorologist Harvey Leonard away from WHDH-TV 7.
> > Due to a non-compete clause, he probably won't show
> > up on Ch. 5 till August.
> 
> Aren't non-compete clauses illegal for broadcasters in 
> Massachusetts?
> 
> Mark
> mlaurence@mindspring.com

Not if it was in place prior to the law taking effect, the new contract
that Harvey signs with channel 5 will not contain a non-compete and even
if it does it is not enforceable.
df