Apple, together with three technology companies resumed mediation talks with technicians who accused her of conspiring against hiring specialists competitors. Reuters reported citing court documents.
The plaintiffs accused Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe to conspiring to avoid poaching each other's employees. In August, a judge denied the California Corporations in the payment of compensation in the amount of $ 324.5 million for the pre-trial settlement. Lucy Koh stated on the available evidence to suggest that "the central figure in the conspiracy" technology companies could be a co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs.
According to court documents, published on September 4, IT-corporations have resumed mediation with a judge, but did not provide additional information about the negotiations.They also asked Koch set a new date for the meeting.
Representatives of Apple, Intel and Adobe declined to comment and representatives of the plaintiffs and Google were not available.
Earlier this year, a group of 10 000 people filed a class action lawsuit against the technology corporations, accusing them of complicity in the salary. Charges were brought against Apple, Google, Adobe Systems, Intel, and several other corporations. In addition to the salary the company accused of collusion agreement not to poach top managers from each other. The plaintiffs relied on the payment of $ 9 billion, or about 90 000 each.
The investigation found e-mails, dated 2007, that Steve Jobs and then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt. In one of the founder of Apple demanded the head of Google to stop poaching professionals. Schmidt redirected letter with complaints to their subordinates. As a result, employee Google, lure developer Apple, decided to fire and Jobs apologized.
In April of this year, Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe have offered to pay the lease in the amount of $ 324.5 million for the pre-trial settlement. In rejecting the proposed settlement, Koch called "significant and convincing evidence" that Jobs "was, if not the central figure in the plot, the party." A total of antitrust proceedings could cost IT-giants in the $ 9 billion.