A California judge has extended, yet again, the start of a class-action, antitrust claim involving 64,000 current and former Silicon Valley tech workers. U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh set an April 9 start date for the trial and if it goes, it will be huge news.

Apple, Google, Intel & Adobe are accused of conspiring not to recruit each other’s tech employees, therefore, suppressing wages in the mid 2000’s. The implications to this are monumental. I cannot imagine that the claims will ever see the light of the courtroom.

The four companies have appealed Koh’s rejection of a $324.5 million settlement proposed by both sides. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, could reject the appeal or overrule Koh by ordering her to approve the settlement.

At the law firm of William A. Miller in Scottsdale Arizona we handle many types of commercial and employment cases. Over the 27 we have been in business, we have referred a number of class action claims to prominent lawyers. We have also had the occasion to argue before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Please call Bill direct at 602-319-6899 if you have a business, real estate or antitrust claim.

The firm has been actively representing litigants for over 27 years. We are located in Scottsdale, Arizona at 8170 North 86th Place, Suite 208. 85258 or can be reached with questions at bmiller@williamamillerpllc.com or call 602-319-6899.

We also handle, Breach of contract, Non-compete agreements, Non-disclosure agreements, Employee theft and embezzlement, Insurance purchases and enforcement of policy coverage, Negotiation and/or enforcement of commercial leases, Negligence and gross negligence resulting in losses, Intentional acts causing a company to suffer damages, Tortious interference with contractual relationships, Unjust enrichment, Real Estate fraud, Consumer fraud, Conversion/Theft, Intentional and/or negligent misrepresentation, Business torts and Real estate title & escrow.

If you ever saw the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding you would remember that the bride’s father thought that Windex could cure all ills and that the Greeks’ were responsible for all of western civilization’s great accomplishments. That was hilarious. I still love that movie.

As I approach 27 years as a trial lawyer in Arizona, I must confess that I see St. Thomas More like the bride’s dad. I sometimes think, he invented all great concepts of modern law. This Saint gave us so many concepts that are still viable & vital: no self incrimination, free speech, due process, no king rule, etc. So, I try very hard in my real estate, business, securities, fraud & malpractice cases to look to More’s genius when times get tough.

The 20th-century agnostic playwright Robert Bolt portrayed St. Thomas More as the tragic hero of his 1960 play A Man for All Seasons. The title is drawn from what Robert Whittington in 1520 wrote of More:

More is a man of an angel’s wit and singular learning. I know not his fellow. For where is the man of that gentleness, lowliness and affability? And, as time requireth, a man of marvelous mirth and pastimes, and sometime of as sad gravity. A man for all seasons.

As a modern day lawyer practicing in Phoenix, a beautiful yet sometimes vicious City, I try very hard to emulate St. Thomas More. Feel free to call me with questions or comments about real estate, business, securities, fraud & malpractice. I promise to do my best under the rule of law thanks to Saint Thomas More. Call me at 602.319.6899 or visit me at 8170 North 86th Place Suite 208 Scottsdale, Az. 85258

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