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No, poaching is legal. Apple also got sued for no-poaching agreements with other tech companies. I think poaching is good in many cases, since hiring someone

No, poaching is legal. Apple also got sued for no-poaching agreements with other tech companies. I think poaching is good in many cases, since hiring someone away from their current company usually means a higher price for their services. This means that you're moving developers to where they're most productive for the market as a whole. The problem is this: > in violation of their employment agreements It's very possible to break an employment contract by leaving to go work somewhere else. These might not hold up in court (depends on the state), or Apple might just pay whatever fine the court levies.

andyjohnson0 12y ago
That explains why A123 are suing their former employees, as they individually had contractual agreements. It doesn't explain why A123 are suing Apple, since they apparently had no contractual relationship. IANAL, but my guess would be that the case is based on Apple allegedly inducing one of the A123 engineers to recruit other engineers into Apple. I don't know if that is actionable, though. According to [1] the action is in the Massachusetts District Court, Boston. Looks like the details are paywalled inside Pacer. [1] http://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2015cv10438/167626 http://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2015c...
- mdasen 12y ago
  PACER does charge, but if your usage is less than $15 for the quarter, you don't have to pay. So, if you're just curious about a few things, you can often get them without paying.
- Retric 12y ago
  Your often not allowed to induce people to break contracts. It stems from Lumeley v. Gye and has a lot of caviots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumley_v_Gye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumley_v_Gye
petilon 12y ago
When a big company hires your employees en masse to work on the exact same thing they were working on that feels morally wrong, even if it is legal. There is transfer of IP involved here.

andyjohnson0 12y ago

That explains why A123 are suing their former employees, as they individually had contractual agreements. It doesn't explain why A123 are suing Apple, since they apparently had no contractual relationship. IANAL, but my guess would be that the case is based on Apple allegedly inducing one of the A123 engineers to recruit other engineers into Apple. I don't know if that is actionable, though. According to [1] the action is in the Massachusetts District Court, Boston. Looks like the details are paywalled inside Pacer. [1] http://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2015cv10438/167626 http://dockets.justia.com/docket/massachusetts/madce/1:2015c...

mdasen 12y ago
PACER does charge, but if your usage is less than $15 for the quarter, you don't have to pay. So, if you're just curious about a few things, you can often get them without paying.
Retric 12y ago
Your often not allowed to induce people to break contracts. It stems from Lumeley v. Gye and has a lot of caviots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumley_v_Gye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumley_v_Gye

petilon 12y ago

When a big company hires your employees en masse to work on the exact same thing they were working on that feels morally wrong, even if it is legal. There is transfer of IP involved here.