**Alert** Boston Beer Co. Sues Anchor Brewing

Dear Client:Boston Beer Co. filed a suit in Boston's U.S. District Court today over a former marketing executive who it claims violated a noncompete by signing on with Anchor Brewing, according to the Boston Business Journal. Boston Beer is suing both the West Coast brewer and the former employee. The employee at issue is Judd Hausner, who the story says "knew his move might be construed as a violation of the noncompete, but told his Boston Beer supervisor upon giving