In re: High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation

  1. August 13, 2014

    Judge Koh Nixes Killers' Bid To Enter No-Poach Row

    U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh on Wednesday denied a bizarre motion purportedly filed by convicted and accused mass murderers seeking to intervene in the massive antitrust class action accusing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and others of illegally agreeing to not poach employees, just days after rejecting a $324.5 million settlement.

  2. August 08, 2014

    Judge Koh Rejects $324M Apple, Google Anti-Poaching Deal

    A California federal judge on Friday denied a request to preliminarily approve a $324.5 million deal to end a high-profile antitrust class action claiming Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. illegally agreed not to poach each other's software engineers, calling for at least $55 million more.

  3. August 07, 2014

    Fake Bid To Oust Judge Koh In Anti-Poaching Row Appealed

    A bizarre bid to remove U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh from the massive antitrust class action accusing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and other tech giants of illegally agreeing not to poach employees, which was rejected and determined to be falsely filed, was appealed to the Ninth Circuit on Thursday.

  4. July 30, 2014

    Killers Purportedly Want In On Apple, Google Anti-Poach Row

    The massive antitrust class action accusing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and other tech giants of illegally agreeing not to poach employees took a bizarre twist Wednesday when the court entered a motion purporting to be from a slew of convicted and accused mass murderers seeking to intervene as plaintiffs.

  5. June 30, 2014

    Ex-Google Worker Calls $324M Anti-Poaching Deal A 'Sham'

    A class member in the massive antitrust class action alleging Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. agreed not to poach employees on Monday joined a lead plaintiff in the case in criticizing a proposed $324 million settlement, calling it a "sham."

  6. June 19, 2014

    Adequacy Of $324M Apple, Google Anti-Poaching Deal Queried

    A California federal judge on Thursday expressed concerns about a proposed $324.5 million deal to settle a vast antitrust class action claiming Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. agreed not to poach employees, according to an attorney involved in the matter.

  7. May 27, 2014

    'No Poach' Plaintiff Hires Girard Gibbs To Fight $324M Deal

    A former Adobe Systems Inc. employee has tapped Girard Gibbs LLP to help fight a proposed $324 million settlement of antitrust allegations that Adobe, Google Inc., Apple Inc. and Intel Corp. agreed not to poach each other's employees, according to a Friday court filing.

  8. May 23, 2014

    Google, Apple Anti-Poaching Class Attys Seek $80M In Fees

    Attorneys for a class of software engineers accusing Google Inc., Apple Inc. and others of illegally conspiring not to poach each other's workers are seeking more than $80 million in fees as part of a proposed $325 million antitrust settlement, according to papers filed in California federal court on Thursday.

  9. May 16, 2014

    Intuit, Lucasfilm, Pixar's $20M Worker-Poaching Deal OK'd

    A California federal judge on Friday signed off on Intuit Inc., Lucasfilm Ltd. and Pixar's $20 million settlement of software engineers' antitrust claims that the technology companies agreed to not poach employees, days after a class representative denounced a proposed $324 million settlement with Google Inc. and others.

  10. May 12, 2014

    No-Poaching Class Rep. Faces Long Odds Against $324M Deal

    A class representative in the tech hiring antitrust litigation made a bold move Sunday when he urged a federal judge to reject the $324 million settlement plaintiffs recently reached with Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. But attorneys say the software engineer faces an uphill battle to challenge the deal successfully.

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