Ex-Pratt & Whitney Exec, Others Acquitted in No-Poach Case (1)

April 28, 2023, 2:02 PM UTCUpdated: April 28, 2023, 3:03 PM UTC

A former Pratt & Whitney manager and five other aerospace industry executives convinced a judge to acquit them of criminal charges brought by the Justice Department that they agreed not to hire each others’ workers.

The US District Court for the District of Connecticut’s mid-trial decision Friday to grant the defendants’ motion for acquittal is the DOJ antitrust division’s fourth and latest loss in bringing criminal charges to curb antitrust violations in labor markets.

The DOJ alleged that the Pratt & Whitney executive, Mahesh Patel, forged an eight-year agreement with the other current and former industry executives to refrain from ...

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