Anti-Poaching Lawsuit Against Apple, Google and Others Given the Green Light

An anonymous reader writes "A class action lawsuit against Apple, Google and a number of other high-profile tech companies has been given the green light by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh. The lawsuit stems from anti-poaching agreements that Apple a number of tech companies entered into from 2005 through 2009. Parties to the agreement all promised not to recruit employees from one another. The companies involved include Apple, Intel, Google, Intuit, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Adobe."

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Wellcome to corporate captialism

[postmortem]

...you get to see the tip of the iceberg

Re:Wellcome to corporate captialism

[xevioso]

Put much after a sentence fragment much?

God I hate this trend. Putting "much" after a half-developed question does not make the question cool. I wish this would die.

And now I'm sure someone will respond with something like "Sensitive much?"

Google did something evil?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh my God! My entire world view is shattered. I have to kill myself!

/fanboi

Poached eggs are best eggs

[Anonymous Coward]

Far superior to any other method of preparation.

Re:Where's the union?

[Anonymous Coward]

Not to worry, as soon as this class action lawsuit is won, every employee will get a $20 coupon at the Microsoft store! What has any union ever done for anyone by comparison?

Re:Time to update California laws

[istartedi]

Is an update really necessary? Isn't collusion already illegal? The only difference between this and some almond growers secretly meeting to fix prices is that the almonds are people. OMG, I just realized something. People are almonds, corporations are people, therefore... Corporations are almonds. I'm not sure exactly what we've discovered here; but I'm pretty sure it involves quantum mechanics and heavy drinking.