Litigation
Mar. 4, 2015
Judge's tough stance on no-poach deal about to yield larger settlement
A proposed $415 million anti-poaching settlement that Silicon Valley technology giants are prepared to pay a class of former employees has cleared major roadblocks following a Monday hearing before U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh hung tough last summer when plaintiffs' attorneys and technology company defendants insisted that $324.5 million was the best they could do settle claims by former engineers that several Silicon Valley giants conspired to hold down their pay.
After a Monday hearing in San Jose, it appears all but certain that the judge will approve a boosted $415 million dea...
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