Your statement is also not accurate, because there were several variants of "the agreement" and for some pairs of companies the agreement extended beyond cold-c

Your statement is also not accurate, because there were several variants of "the agreement" and for some pairs of companies the agreement extended beyond cold-calling [https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/high-tech-employees/ https://www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/high-tech-employees/]. I'm sure multiple careers were set back when their prospective employer's HR department notified their current employer's HR department about the disloyalty.