Noncompetes

[Robert S Chase]

So did this

"Chapter 149: Section 186. Broadcasting industry; noncompete agreements


Section 186. Any contract or agreement which creates or establishes the 
terms of employment for an employee or individual in the broadcasting 
industry, including, television stations, television networks, radio 
stations, radio networks, or any entities affiliated with the foregoing, and 
which restricts the right of such employee or individual to obtain 
employment in a specified geographic area for a specified period of time 
after termination of employment of the employee by the employer or by 
termination of the employment relationship by mutual agreement of the 
employer and the employee or by termination of the employment relationship 
by the expiration of the contract or agreement, shall be void and 
unenforceable with respect to such provision. Whoever violates the 
provisions of this section shall be liable for reasonable attorneys' fees 
and costs associated with litigation of an affected employee or individual."

come about as a result of this?

>The case actually was between Richmond Brothers and Westinghouse, not
>because Gerald Jacoby aka Jerry Williams was on the air in Chicago
>(which Richmond didn't care about) but because he came back to Boston
>on WBZ within the five years.  The case reached the Supreme Judicial
>Court, which decided that Richmond Brothers had gotten enough benefit
>from the noncompete.
>A. Joseph Ross, J.D