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Litigation

Nov. 28, 2015

Federal judge orders Microsoft antitrust lawsuit closed

Lucy H. Koh found that the no poach charges against Microsoft are too old to be litigated

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Microsoft Corp. will likely emerge unscathed from the antitrust litigation wave alleging Silicon Valley giants suppressed workers' wages by agreeing not to poach employees from each other.

U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh dismissed with prejudice on Monday a putative class action that claimed Microsoft entered into restricted hiring agreements with other technology companies starting in 2005. K...

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