The U.S. Department of Justice has settled with Google and five other technology companies, requiring them to no longer engage in anti-competitive "no solicitation" agreements. The DOJ's investigation began last year, with the goal of determining whether several tech companies -- including Google, Adobe, Apple, Intel, Intuit, and Pixar -- broke antitrust law by colluding on hiring practices. Yahoo and Microsoft were also interviewed during the investigation.

According to the complaint:

...the six companies entered into agreements that restrained competition between them for highly skilled employees. The agreements between Apple and Google, Apple and Adobe, Apple and Pixar and Google and Intel prevented the companies from directly soliciting each other's employees. An agreement between Google and Intuit prevented Google from directly soliciting Intuit employees.

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