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Labor/Employment

Sep. 19, 2012

Zynga's counterclaim touches on anti-competition issues

If media reports are correct, Zynga Inc. may have reached an agreement with competitor Electronics Arts Inc. last year to limit recruitment of their rival's employees.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


If media reports are correct, Zynga Inc. may have reached an agreement with competitor Electronics Arts Inc. last year to limit recruiting of one another's employees, a type of conduct that has earned the ire of antitrust regulators in recent years.


In a filing in a copyright infringement suit between the two companies Friday, Zynga claimed EA used the threat of litigation to coerce it into not r...

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