Carr, Entercom make their cases

[Dan.Strassberg]

That should read "they allegedly made no MOVE to do so"--a typo and
nothing but a typo.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
To: "Don A" <donald_astelle@yahoo.com>;
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Carr, Entercom make their cases


> As I understand it, had he not signed the contract with Greater
> Media
> until his contract with Entercom had expired (last month), he would
> be
> off the hook, and Entercom, having failed to get him to re-sign with
> them (they allegedly made no more to do so), would have been
> completely out of luck. Not waiting a few weeks to sign the contract
> with GM sure sounds like gross stupidity to me. If the story as I
> heard it is correct and Mintz Levin nevertheless really OKed his
> signing the Greater Media contract when he signed it, I would say
> that
> Howie has a great case against his own attorneys--assuming that he
> can
> find a lawyer who will take such a case.
>
> One thing you can count on, though, is that Carr, being a radio
> personality, has the overwhelming weight of public opinion on his
> side, not that that necessarily gets him anything in court. Then
> there
> are those of us who regard him as the lowest of the low and a
> general
> scourge upon society--but we are in a small minority, I'm sure.
>
> -----
> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don A" <donald_astelle@yahoo.com>
> To: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>; "Bob Nelson"
> <raccoonradio@mail.com>; "BRI"
> <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Carr, Entercom make their cases
>
>
>>
>>> It would be absolutely wonderful to find out that Carr could not
>>> legally work in Boston radio until 2012--and all because of his
>>> own
>>> avarice (and stupidity).
>>
>> Stupidity?  Like any wise person, he sought out some very good
>> legal
>> advice from the gang at Mintz Levin (Not too shabby...).
>>
>> And for most of us laymen...we do what the lawyers tell us.
>>
>> However, in the end, we are reminded that all lawyers give us is
>> their "read" or "opinion".
>>
>> No one really knows the answer until it gets before a judge.
>>
>> I, too, am surprised that the judges don't find the "right of first
>> refusal" to be just another instrument to effect a
>> "non-compete"...which we now know is illegal.
>>
>>
>