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Lawyers talk of settlement in Silicon Valley employee-poaching case |
March 28, 2014
Attorneys say they’re making progress toward a possible settlement in Silicon Valley’s employee poaching case, in which Google, Apple and other companies are accused of conspiring not to hire employees from other tech giants.During a hearing on Thursday in a San Jose court, attorneys on both sides said they were working daily with a mediator to resolve the dispute, which involves alleged secret agreements among the firms not to poach each other’s workers. Those agreements would violate federal antitrust laws.“From our perspective, we don’t need any rulings,” said Robert Van Nest, an attorney for Google, during a case management discussion with Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for Northern California. Discussions were ongoing with a mediator to possibly settle the claims, he said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2137380/lawyers-talk-of-settlement-in-silicon-valley-employeepoaching-case.html#tk.rss_all
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