>and many other large tech employers and sign illegal agreements to not hire each other's employees. I don't remember reading about any formally signed agreeme

>and many other large tech employers and sign illegal agreements to not hire each other's employees. I don't remember reading about any formally signed agreements. Executives aren't going to create an incriminating paper trail like that. Instead, it was some complaints in emails and an implied understanding. E.g. Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt emails: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt#Role_in_illegal_non-recruiting_agreements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt#Role_in_illegal_n...