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Disney agrees to pay US$100m to end no-poaching lawsuit

Class-action suit alleged that studios conspired to suppress wages

Published Wed, Feb 1, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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WALT Disney Co agreed to pay US$100 million to resolve claims it colluded with other animation studios to not hire one another's workers in California, where allegations of no-poaching pacts have plagued technology companies for the better part of a decade.

Disney and three of its units are the last remaining defendants in a class-action lawsuit alleging the studios conspired to suppress wages through a "gentleman's agreement" to not recruit each other's workers. Attorneys for Disney and employees submitted a court filing Tuesday seeking…

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