A123 Sues Apple For Poaching Employees

Posted by samzenpus on Friday February 20, 2015 @01:07AM from the don't-take-the-law-into-your-own-hands-you-take-them-to-court dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Electric-car battery maker A123 Systems is suing Apple in federal court for allegedly poaching five employees to help it develop a competing battery business. The suit accuses the workers, including A123's former chief technology officer, of breaking noncompete and nonsolicit agreements. "It appears that Apple, with the assistance of defendant Ijaz, is systematically hiring away A123’s high-tech PhD and engineering employees, thereby effectively shutting down various projects/programs at A123," according to the lawsuit. The news adds some credibility to rumors that Apple is getting into the automotive market. "

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Re:First people complain about not poaching by binarylarry · 2015-02-20 01:14 · Score: 4, Insightful

And the lawyers win.

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Good. by BenFenner · 2015-02-20 01:42 · Score: 4, Insightful

Weren't we up in arms about the artificial wage stagnation due to silicon valley employers agreeing not to "poach" (AKA participate in capitalism) each other's employees?
If A123 wants to keep their employees, they might have to *gasp* offer them better conditions/compensation? The horror.