Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe will pay $ 415 million antitrust case

In the Reuters published interesting news. Four major technology corporations: Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe will pay 415 million US dollars of compensation for antitrust proceedings. The essence of the proceedings - the collective complaints of employees and former employees of these companies who complained about the collusion of companies in terms of the ban joining the competing firms. In addition, the company, according to employees, filed a lawsuit, tacitly agreed that they would not poach each other's employees.

The initial amount requested in the class action lawsuit, was US $ 3 billion. Last year, the company offered 324 million dollars compensation, but US District Court Judge Lucy Koh rejected this proposal. According to the judge, the amount of compensation was inadequate. In the case of a formal court decision on the case in favor of the plaintiffs would oblige the company to pay up to US $ 9 billion .



Now reached a settlement agreement, under which the plaintiffs receive 415 million US dollars (at all).

It is worth noting that in the proceedings correspondence featured Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs complained Schmidt trying to poach Apple employee in Google one of the employees of the personnel department. And Schmidt, in response to this letter, and promised to fire an employee of the personnel department of Google, which intended to entice employees and Apple.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/244364/