Not only did they turn the employees down, they called up their current employer to notify them: http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/damning-evidence-emerges-in...

Is that in the casedoc? Nothing in that article mentions what your parent message asked.

"In addition, Defendants often implemented their express agreements so that they operated as de facto "no-hire" or "no-poach" agreements, whereby Defendants did not recruit an employee of another company, even if that employee affirmatively applied for a position."

Seems pretty clear they were turning down applicants who applied.

Pages 3 and 4 in the PDF. The redactions leave some questions, but the avaialble text directly confirms what smokinn and the Techcrunch article wrote.

Not trying to make light of the seriousness of the allegations, but where's the bit about notifying the current employer? I scanned those pages (and bracketing pages) and didn't see it.

Page 5, line 9:

The documents also demonstrate that Defendants did not extend an offer to an employee of another Defendant without prior approval from the candidate's current employer, regardless of whether the candidate applied without being solicited first.

Thanks, missed that.