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DOJ’s Aerospace No-Poach Criminal Case Moves Forward

By  |  December 5, 2022

A group of aerospace executives failed to get a federal court to dismiss the Justice Department’s no-poach charges against them, a ruling that affirms antitrust regulators’ novel approach to labor antitrust law.

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