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October 09, 2014
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh has agreed to hear a second California class action accusing Dreamworks Animation SKG and other animation companies of conspiring to fix workers' pay, less than a month after agreeing to hear a similar suit, on grounds that both are factually related to the massive Apple Inc. antitrust action she's overseeing.
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September 25, 2014
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh was urged Thursday to hear a second California class action accusing Dreamworks Inc. and other animation companies of conspiring to fix workers' pay, two days after agreeing to hear a similar suit on grounds it's factually related to the massive Google Inc. antitrust action she's overseeing.
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September 24, 2014
The Ninth Circuit on Monday said a bid from Google Inc. and other tech giants for a quick review of a judge's rejection of their proposed $324.5 million antitrust settlement merited a reply from the engineers who accused the companies of agreeing not to poach one another's employees.
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September 23, 2014
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh on Tuesday agreed to hear a California class action accusing Sony Pictures Animation, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., Walt Disney Co. and others of conspiring to not poach each other's animators alongside the massive Google Inc. antitrust action she is already overseeing.
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September 15, 2014
An ex-Sony Pictures Animation technical director asked a California federal judge on Monday to relate with the massive Google Inc. antitrust action she is overseeing, his proposed class action accusing DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., The Walt Disney Co. and others of conspiring to not poach each other's animators.
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September 15, 2014
Software engineer plaintiffs in the antitrust class action accusing Google Inc., Apple Inc. and other major technology companies of agreeing not to hire each other's employees argued on Friday that the agreements should be presumed illegal under the per se standard, saying the companies mischaracterized the rule's scope.
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September 09, 2014
The California federal judge overseeing the antitrust class action claiming Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. illegally agreed not to poach each other's engineers set April 9, 2015, as the trial start date on Monday, a month after rejecting a proposed $324.5 million settlement.
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September 05, 2014
Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. on Thursday urged the Ninth Circuit to vacate a California federal judge's rejection of a proposed $324.5 million settlement to a suit alleging the companies illegally agreed not to poach each other's engineers, saying the judge's reasoning was erroneous.
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September 04, 2014
The California federal judge overseeing the antitrust class action claiming Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. illegally agreed not to poach each other's engineers suggested early 2015 trial dates on Thursday, a month after rejecting a proposed $324.5 million settlement.
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September 03, 2014
Following a California federal judge's rejection of a proposed $324.5 settlement of class allegations that Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. agreed not to poach each other's software engineers, the companies and engineers said Wednesday that they have re-entered mediation.