The end: A lawsuit accusing Google, Apple and two other Silicon Valley companies of colluding to prevent poaching each other's prized engineers and keep salaries low has finally been settled.
SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge granted final approval to a US$415mil (RM1.75bil) settlement that ends a high profile lawsuit in which workers accused Apple, Google and two other Silicon Valley companies of conspiring to hold down salaries.
The plaintiffs alleged that Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel Corp and Adobe Systems Inc agreed to avoid poaching each other's employees, thus limiting job mobility and, as a result, keeping a lid on salaries.
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