Four Heavyweights Silicon Valley have agreed to a settlement that could end a class action lawsuit by workers over alleged technology offers from companies not to poach talent from the other.
The class action lawsuit, brought by 65,000 technology workers in 2011, accused Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe have a secret pact to restrict the mobility of employment and low wages to keep workers in a sector where there is often fierce competition for talent.
The new proposal follows an offer made last August by the four companies settle for $ 324.5m. But US District Judge Lucy Kok rejected the deal as too low in the light of a settlement involving 2013 Intuit, Lucasfilm and Pixar.
Koh believed a figure was just $ 380m, noting the "irrefutable evidence" against companies. This evidence included an email exchange between the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, who was at the time in both the Apple Board of Directors and the CEO of Google. Schmidt confirmed in an email that Google has a "policy of non-recruitment of Apple."
The current proposal by Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe can succeed where previous offerings have failed and following an offer by the companies to appeal the rejection of Koh.
Reuters reported Tuesday that the applicant who opposed the offer in August will support the new agreement, but the lawyer of the worker refused to disclose the amount of the transaction. The figure was not included in the court filing on the case.
A spokesman for Intel confirmed to ZDNet that it has entered a new, however, that the terms of settlement were confidential until the agreement was filed with the court. The other companies in Silicon Valley had not responded to requests for comment at the time of publication.
Although the details of the agreement remain under wraps, Reuters noted that the complainants will file a detailed examination of the offer after which Koh decide whether to accept or reject.
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