Could it be that tech heavyweights including Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, Adobe, Pixar and Lucasfilm were entangled in a nefarious plot to keep employee wages down and profits up? That’s the allegation brought forth by a lawsuit filed in a California Superior Court, alleging antitrust violations among the companies, as well as “no solicitation” agreements that kept companies from poaching employees.
CNET reports the class action status-seeking suit, filed by a former Lucasfilm employee, accuses the companies of conspiring to eliminate competition for skilled labor.
The complaint follows last year’s antitrust settlement among the companies brought on by a Department of Justice investigation, in which the companies agreed to eliminate the practice of agreeing not to recruit certain employees from one another via cold calls.
