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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Sep. 28, 2010

Companies Settle 'Cold-Calling' Suit

Five Silicon Valley technology heavyweights, along with Walt Disney Co.-owned Pixar Animation, settled a Justice Department antitrust lawsuit filed Friday by agreeing to ban agreements not to solicit each other's employees.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

PALO ALTO - Five Silicon Valley technology heavyweights, along with Walt Disney Co.-owned Pixar Animation, settled a Justice Department antitrust lawsuit filed Friday by agreeing to ban pacts not to solicit each other's employees.

Federal regulators, in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claimed that executives at the six companies - includin...

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