USA v. Patel et al

  1. December 02, 2022

    Raytheon Manager, Staffing Execs Can't Slip No-Poach Counts

    A Connecticut federal judge refused Friday to toss charges accusing a former Raytheon manager and staffing firm executives of a conspiracy restricting hiring of engineers, notching the U.S. Department of Justice another win in developing criminal "no-poach" case law even as it struggles to win jury convictions.

  2. October 24, 2022

    Aerospace Execs Denied Workers' Names In 'No Poach' Case

    A Connecticut federal judge won't force federal prosecutors to name potential workers impacted by an alleged "no-poach" conspiracy between a former Raytheon manager and staffing firm executives, finding insufficient complexity in the criminal antitrust case to require the U.S. Department of Justice to show its hand.

  3. August 04, 2022

    HR Group Backs Aerospace Execs In No-Poach Case

    A human resources industry association on Thursday urged a Connecticut federal judge to dismiss an antitrust case over an alleged "no-poach" conspiracy between a former Raytheon manager and staffing firm executives, saying the government is wrongly criminalizing behavior that isn't necessarily anticompetitive.

  4. July 07, 2022

    Staffing Agencies Back Aerospace Execs In 'No Poach' Case

    A staffing agency trade group is urging a Connecticut federal court to toss a criminal antitrust case targeting a purported agreement between a former Raytheon manager and executives at outsourced engineering service providers not to hire workers from one another.

  5. July 01, 2022

    Indicted Aerospace Execs Say DOJ Ignoring Legit No-Poach

    Six former executives and managers from Raytheon and its outsourced engineering services providers want the criminal indictment against them tossed, telling a Connecticut federal judge the U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors "ignored all evidence of the legitimate, procompetitive reasons for the alleged no-poach agreements."

  6. December 16, 2021

    6 Aerospace Execs Indicted Over No-Poaching Agreement

    Six executives and managers from Raytheon and other aerospace firms have been hit with charges stemming from an alleged conspiracy in which they agreed not to poach competitors' workers for more than a decade, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in Connecticut federal court.