Defense Contractors Hit With ‘No-Poach’ Class Action Suit

Defense contractors performing intelligence work in England agreed not to hire one another’s workers in violation of antitrust rules, according to a class action complaint filed in federal court Feb. 7.

Their “no-poach” agreements violated the Sherman Act, said plaintiff Sarah Hunter, a former employee of defendant Mission Essential Personnel LLC. They eliminated competition for skilled labor and suppressed wages and benefits, she said.

Booz Allen Hamilton Corp. and CACI International Inc. are also part of the alleged conspiracy, the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio says.

The defendants perform contracts for the ...