January 23, 2013
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs allegedly threatened to sue Palm Inc. for patent infringement if the company's former top executive didn't submit to a hiring pact whereby both sides agreed not to poach each other's high-tech employees, according to court documents made available Tuesday in an antitrust class action.
January 10, 2013
Apple Inc., Google Inc. and other top U.S. technology companies accused in an antitrust class action of forging secret hiring pacts urged a California federal judge on Wednesday to keep from public view internal information concerning employee compensation and hiring data.
November 15, 2012
Apple Inc., Google Inc. and five other technology companies said Monday that a proposed class action accusing them of fixing employee pay via "gentleman's agreements" doesn't show the alleged deals affected workers equally, asking a California federal judge to deny certification.
October 02, 2012
A group of software engineers asked a California federal judge Monday to certify them as a class of plaintiffs in their suit accusing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and five other tech companies of entering "gentleman's agreements" not to compete for each other's employees.
April 19, 2012
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss allegations that the late Steve Jobs had orchestrated a series of uncompetitive agreements between Apple Inc., Google Inc., Pixar Animation Studios Inc. and other tech and entertainment companies to not poach each other's engineers.
January 20, 2012
A class of employees suing technology and media giants including Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in California over alleged agreements not to recruit each other's employees said Thursday that evidence the companies provided to federal antitrust regulators indicates the defendants made illegal deals.
October 28, 2011
A federal judge overseeing a class action accusing Apple Inc., Google Inc. and other tech and entertainment companies of fixing the compensation of software engineers ordered the companies Wednesday to turn over materials related to a federal investigation of antitrust allegations raised in the suit.
October 17, 2011
Apple Inc., Google Inc., Lucasfilm Ltd. and several other tech companies on Thursday asked a California federal judge to toss a class action accusing them of fixing the compensation of software engineers, alleging the plaintiffs hadn't stated a claim or alleged standing under Twombly.