POP/ROCK - Nov. 4, 1992

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.