Pixar, Lucasfilm said to settle employee no-poaching lawsuit

July 15, 2013

Pixar and Lucasfilm have settled a lawsuit by workers alleging an illegal cartel formed by seven technology companies including Apple, Google and Intel, lawyers have informed the court.The class counsels have informed the court in a letter that a settlement was reached, Judge Lucy Koh of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose division wrote in an order on Sunday.Details of the settlement were not mentioned. The parties expect completing documentation of the proposed settlement and will submit it for court approval "in the near future," according to the letter to the judge on Friday.Five engineers alleged in the lawsuit, individually and on behalf of a class of all those similarly situated, that Adobe Systems, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, Lucasfilm and Pixar, all high-tech companies with principal place of business in the San Francisco-Silicon Valley area of California, were involved in an "overarching conspiracy" to fix and suppress employee compensation. The companies are alleged to have restricted employee mobility by setting up "Do Not Call" lists and putting each firm's employees off-limits to the other companies.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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