Programmer at heart of tech workers’ class action case wants to block $324M deal ift.tt/1mOVrGT Programmers unite! ... You have nothing to lose but a crappy class-action settlement. Irena Safarova / flickr A plaintiff in a lawsuit over no-poach hiring practices at Silicon Valleys largest companies is taking dramatic action to stop approval of the $324 million settlement reached last month. Michael Devine, a 46-year-old freelance programmer who is one of the lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit, has penned a letter (PDF) to US District Judge Lucy Koh describing the settlement as unfair and unjust. In the letter, Devine opposes the settlement reached by his own lawyers, who negotiated with Adobe, Apple, Intel, and Google to arrive at the $324 million sum. Last month, one of those lawyers described the deal as an excellent resolution of the case that will benefit class members. Read 14 remaining paragraphs | Comments
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 20:01:22 +0000
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