Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe made a legal deal with their employees who were previously prevented from changing jobs.
During the trial, several large companies - Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe - and their employees made a legal deal, according to which the companies would pay compensation of $ 415 million. The essence of the claim was that previously in the IT industry at the level of non-public agreements between top managers there was a practice according to which it was forbidden to poach employees from each other. Because of this, as stated in the figurative part of the lawsuit, the company's employees were limited in their career opportunities, and their salaries were artificially limited. In total, the collective action was signed by more than 64,000 people.
The trial began in 2011. As evidence, e-mail correspondence was used between heads of companies, including between Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, the then CEO of Google, who talked about the fact that you can agree among themselves and stop the practice of switching employees to other companies to more attractive conditions. . Earlier, Intuit, Lucasfilm and Pixar were among the defendants, but these companies chose not to delay the proceedings and much earlier agreed to meet the demands of their former employees. In this case, managed to get off with a relatively modest $ 20 million.
Interestingly, earlier lawyers from the IT industry giants proposed settling the issue of compensation of $ 324.5 million, but Judge Lucy Koch rejected the proposal, considering the amount is not high enough for such a large case. In addition, she also limited the amount of remuneration to the lawyers of the plaintiffs: earlier they wanted to get $ 80 million, as a result, this amount was reduced by half. In general, Judge Koch is known for a non-standard approach to litigation. During the legal battles between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which were also led by Lucy Koch, she once failed to withstand the work practices of both companies ’lawyers who tried to bring more witnesses to court and told Apple lawyer Bill Lee that he was smoking crack. He assured the judge that he did not use drugs.
The trial began in 2011. As evidence, e-mail correspondence was used between heads of companies, including between Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, the then CEO of Google, who talked about the fact that you can agree among themselves and stop the practice of switching employees to other companies to more attractive conditions. . Earlier, Intuit, Lucasfilm and Pixar were among the defendants, but these companies chose not to delay the proceedings and much earlier agreed to meet the demands of their former employees. In this case, managed to get off with a relatively modest $ 20 million.
Interestingly, earlier lawyers from the IT industry giants proposed settling the issue of compensation of $ 324.5 million, but Judge Lucy Koch rejected the proposal, considering the amount is not high enough for such a large case. In addition, she also limited the amount of remuneration to the lawyers of the plaintiffs: earlier they wanted to get $ 80 million, as a result, this amount was reduced by half. In general, Judge Koch is known for a non-standard approach to litigation. During the legal battles between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which were also led by Lucy Koch, she once failed to withstand the work practices of both companies ’lawyers who tried to bring more witnesses to court and told Apple lawyer Bill Lee that he was smoking crack. He assured the judge that he did not use drugs.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/294170/
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