July 12, 2024
Four engineering firms have agreed to shell out a total of $26.5 million, while a fifth has pledged to cooperate, to settle a proposed class action alleging they conspired to restrict hiring through "no-poach" agreements, leaving RTX Corp. unit Pratt & Whitney as the sole defendant, plaintiffs told a Connecticut federal judge on Friday.
May 10, 2024
Belcan Engineering Group LLC has reached a deal with a proposed class of aerospace workers who accused it of conspiring with a Raytheon Technologies Corp. subsidiary and others to restrict hiring through anti-competitive "no-poach" agreements, according to a notice filed in Connecticut federal court.
April 17, 2024
A shareholder of RTX has sued the aerospace and defense giant's current and former officers and directors in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing them of failing over a period of at least eight years to prevent antitrust violations in the company's hiring practices.
January 24, 2024
An aerospace subcontractor accused alongside Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney division and others of conspiring to restrict hiring will pay $7.4 million to resolve the antitrust claims, according to a notice filed Wednesday in Connecticut federal court that indicates three other deals are also on the horizon.
August 04, 2023
Parametric Solutions Inc., one of the Pratt & Whitney contractors accused of engaging in an anti-competitive hiring agreement in Connecticut, has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the Southern District of Florida, citing $6.1 million in assets and at least $5.6 million in liabilities.
June 05, 2023
Courts in Connecticut are working through thorny legal issues involving controversies of national interest and headline-grabbing public figures, and significant decisions in high-dollar civil cases are possible before the end of 2023.
April 06, 2023
A supplier to Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney division has admitted that it "voluntarily participated" in a no-poaching agreement among several aerospace companies, but it denied that it knew the deal was illegal and fought several damages demands in a recent filing.
March 07, 2023
Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney division has denied all wrongdoing in a proposed class action over an alleged no-poaching scheme, saying that any employment actions it undertook were lawful ways to further its "legitimate business interests."
February 14, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a Connecticut federal judge to reconsider a portion of a ruling in a putative class action accusing Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney division of secretly agreeing with other companies not to recruit or hire its talent in the aerospace sector.
January 23, 2023
A proposed antitrust class action against Raytheon Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney division and several of its aerospace subcontractors can continue, a Connecticut federal court ruled, rejecting the companies' bid to toss out allegations that they worked together to restrict hiring and suppress salaries.