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Labor/Employment

Oct. 29, 2013

High-Tech employees win class certification against Silicon Valley heavyweights

Plaintiffs say executives at Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Pixar, Lucasfilm and Intuit conspired with each other to keep employee salaries down, agreeing not to directly recruit each others' employees.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A class of 60,000 technical workers won class certification in an antitrust lawsuit against big-name tech companies late Wednesday. The workers say executives at Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Lucasfilm Ltd. and Intuit Inc. conspired with one another to keep employee salaries down, agreeing not to directly recruit the others' employees.


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