New twist in court claims Apple, Google and pals conspired
to keep wages low
According to TheRegister: Steve Jobs threatened the CEO of
Palm with a patent bash-up if he didn't stop nicking Apple employees, a court
filing in an antitrust lawsuit has revealed.
Apple and other tech defendants, including Google and Intel, are the
subject of a civil suit brought by five tech workers alleging that the firms
conspired to eliminate competition in the employment market and drive down
wages.
Both sides have been trying to get numerous evidentiary
documents sealed, including evidence from then-Palm chief exec Edward Colligan,
but District Judge Lucy Koh partially rejected their pleas and allowed
Colligan's details of phone and email conversations with Jobs to go on the
public record.
Colligan claims that Jobs called him in 2007 and suggested
that they come to an arrangement about high-tech employees, agreeing not to
hire them away from each other….
Read more at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/23/jobs_threatened_palm/
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