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Tech workers anti-poaching suit fails to get class action status for now |
April 08, 2013
A court in California declined to certify as class action a lawsuit by workers alleging an illegal cartel formed by seven technology companies including Apple, Google and Intel.The judge, however, raised the possibility that she may review her decision, after giving the software engineers leave to amend their petition in the light of new information.The five engineers alleged in their 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, engaged in an "overarching conspiracy" to fix and suppress employee compensation and to restrict employee mobility.The companies are said to have set up "Do Not Call" lists, putting each firm's employees off-limits to the other companies, with instructions to recruiters not to "cold call" these employees.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2033401/tech-workers-antipoaching-suit-fails-to-get-class-action-status-for-now.html#tk.rss_all
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