Apple and Google Settle Lawsuit Over Illegal **-Poaching Agreement

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Apple and Google Settle Lawsuit Over Illegal **-Poaching Agreement
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Four tech companies — Apple (http://mashable.com/category/Apple/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), Google (http://mashable.com/category/Google?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), Adobe (http://mashable.com/category/Adobe?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and Intel (http://mashable.com/category/Intel?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) — have settled a lawsuit against involving an illegal **-poaching agreement that prevented the firms from hiring each other's staffers

A class-action lawsuit, filed by thousands of tech employees back in 2011, claimed that the companies conspired **t to poach employees as a part of an effort to keep salaries lower. The agreement created "** contact" lists, preventing recruiters from contacting people at competing companies

See also: Google Street View **w Has a 'Time Machine' Feature (http://mashable.com/2014/04/23/google-street-view-time-machine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


According to a Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/apple-google-settlement-idUSL2N0NG1Z220140424) report, the companies agreed to settle the lawsuit, though terms of the deal were **t disclosed. The settlement goes before a judge on May 27. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/apple-google-settle-lawsuit-poaching/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

More about Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Adobe (http://mashable.com/category/adobe/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Intel (http://mashable.com/category/intel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Intuit (http://mashable.com/category/intuit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/bRvP6yLIygM