Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.misc From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: POP/ROCK Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 06:55:12 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: POP/ROCK Publication Date: Wednesday November 4, 1992 BYLINE: ALEENE MacMINN Contract Suit: British pop star George Michael has sued Sony Music in London for restraint of trade in an attempt to break his 10-year contract with Sony-owned CBS Records. Michael's London-based attorney Tony Russell, who recently used the legal provision to successfully break "inequitable" contracts for pop music acts in England such as the Stone Roses and Holly Johnson's Frankie Goes to Hollywood, declined comment on the case Tuesday, as did Sony Music executives. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM