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Litigation

Nov. 20, 2012

State and federal prosecutors file lawsuits over alleged anti-poaching deal

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and the U.S. Department of Justice filed parallel lawsuits Friday against Silicon Valley technology companies for allegedly making backroom deals not to poach each other's employees from 2006 to 2009

By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and the U.S. Department of Justice filed parallel lawsuits Friday against Silicon Valley technology companies for allegedly making backroom deals not to poach each other's employees from 2006 to 2009.

The Department of Justice complaint, filed in federal court in San Jose, focuses on antitrust violations at eBay Inc. The state suit involves both Intuit Inc. and eBay, alleging thei...

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