Topic: No poach agreements

A California federal judge has rejected an assertion by an Apple-hired economist that the anti-steering provisions deemed lawful in the Supreme Court's American Express decision are “analytically, exactly the same” as the App Store rules challenged by Epic Games.

13 May 2021

Mexico’s antitrust authority has accused multiple unnamed defendants of colluding to restrict competition in the market for transferring professional football players, as part of its first investigation into anticompetitive hiring and wage-setting practices.

10 May 2021

Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection is investigating the country's top men's basketball league and its 16 teams due to concerns they unlawfully colluded to terminate players' contracts and withhold their salaries.

23 April 2021

The Turkish Competition Authority has launched an investigation into 32 food delivery, e-commerce, media and tech companies – including Google – over suspicions that they agreed not to hire each other's employees.

22 April 2021

The Portuguese Competition Authority has sent a statement of objections to the Portuguese Professional Football League and 31 teams for implementing an allegedly anticompetitive no-poach agreement.

20 April 2021

Canada’s government has agreed to review the country’s competition regime with an eye to legislative amendments, after politicians across parties argued that Canada’s Competition Bureau does not have the tools it needs to tackle labour market concerns.

16 March 2021

The heads of antitrust authorities in the US, Portugal and Spain have said their agencies are keeping a close eye on competition issues in labour markets to help boost economies as they recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

24 February 2021

A federal Texas court presiding over the Department of Justice’s first criminal no-poach case has granted Surgical Care Affiliates’ request to delay the trial until November.

10 February 2021

The Department of Justice’s cartel enforcers during the Biden administration are likely to re-engage on the international stage and reevaluate policies that may weaken incentives for applying for leniency, according to a report from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

27 January 2021

A federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment against a surgical outpatient services company, marking the first time the Department of Justice has challenged an alleged agreement between two rivals not to solicit each other’s employees as a criminal violation of US antitrust law.

08 January 2021