Apple shareholders are suing the company managing real estate of the deceased Apple founder Steve Jobs. This was reported on Friday Forbes .
Class action lawsuit on behalf of all shareholders of Apple sue Andre R. Klein. The plaintiffs argue that Steve Jobs made a conscious agreement on behalf of Apple, which violate the antitrust laws of the State
of California and the United States. It is an agreement with the management of other Californian IT-giants - Google, Intel and Adobe - how not to poach engineers from each other. According to the plaintiffs, thereby Jobs and other Apple executives artificially devalued the company and misled investors.
"Behavior Jobs is a reminder that even a well-respected businessmen can consciously commit unlawful acts in the zealous pursuit of profit", - stated in the lawsuit.
One of the defendants' acts as the successor to Steve Jobs, the current CEO of Apple Tim Cook. Financial claims of the plaintiffs are not specified. August 13 Klein refused Californian giant to conclude an agreement on pre-trial settlement of $ 325 million.
Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple due to illness in August 2011. October 5, 2011, Jobs died of cancer.