{"id":7148,"date":"2013-01-18T11:45:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T10:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=7148"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T10:51:39","slug":"tim-cook-will-give-evidence-in-class-action-lawsuit-alleging-collusive-hiring-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2013\/01\/18\/tim-cook-will-give-evidence-in-class-action-lawsuit-alleging-collusive-hiring-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Cook will give evidence in class action lawsuit alleging collusive hiring practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/1\/18\/3889804\/tim-cook-to-be-deposed-in-silicon-valley-no-hire-class-action-case\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7152\" title=\"Tim Cook will give evidence in class action lawsuit alleging collusive hiring practices\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/130118_apple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s been a year since we\u2019ve heard any news about the allegations of widespread no-hire \u201cgentleman\u2019s agreements\u201d between Silicon Valley\u2019s top companies. Twelve months and nearly 200 legal filings later, the case is moving forward, and Judge Lucy Koh is saying that internal emails reveal executives believed the agreement would bring real financial benefits to their companies, reports Reuters. At a hearing in San Jose, the judge also ordered a four-hour deposition of Apple CEO Tim Cook, over the opposition of Apple\u2019s attorneys, who claimed that as COO of the company he had nothing to do with the no-hire agreements. The plaintiffs in the case allege that Apple, Google, Intel, Pixar, Adobe, Intuit, and Lucasfilm  conspired not to compete for employees, restricting their mobility, and  keeping salaries artificially low. In 2010, the Department of Justice  concluded an investigation into the issue, ordering the companies to  stop the practice, but stopping short of compensating the employees  affected, which is what the plaintiffs hope to achieve with the current  civil suit. While they are still fighting for class action status, the  plaintiffs\u2019 attorneys think a successful prosecution could run into the  hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/1\/18\/3889804\/tim-cook-to-be-deposed-in-silicon-valley-no-hire-class-action-case\" target=\"_blank\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence | Country: USA |  Company: Apple, Google, Intel, Pixar, Adobe, Intuit, Lucasfilm\u00c2\u00a0 | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/1\/18\/3889804\/tim-cook-to-be-deposed-in-silicon-valley-no-hire-class-action-case\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a year since we\u2019ve heard any news about the allegations of widespread no-hire \u201cgentleman\u2019s agreements\u201d between Silicon Valley\u2019s top companies. Twelve months and nearly 200 legal filings later, the case is moving forward, and Judge Lucy Koh is saying that internal emails reveal executives believed the agreement would bring real financial benefits to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_post_series":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[677,21,178,36,678,679,759],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-7148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-adobe","tag-apple","tag-google","tag-intel","tag-intuit","tag-lucasfilm","tag-pixar","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7148"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=7148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}