U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in a San Jose, California courtroom on Monday raised ** objections about a
$415 million settlement that would end an ongoing
Anti-Poaching class-action
Lawsuit involving Apple, Google and other large tech companies. Koh rejected a previous
$324.5 million settlement last August after one of the plaintiffs in the case objected the deal was too low, according to
Reuters.
Tech workers filed the antitrust class-action
Lawsuit in 2011 against Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel, alleging that the four companies reached
Anti-Poaching agreements that resulted in less job mobility and lower salaries. Apple and Google were accused of signing one of the earliest wage-fixing deals in 2005, although the
Anti-Poaching agreements
extended far beyond those companies. According to court documents, up to one
Million tech employees may have been affected by the agreements.
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