RTX Corp. Reaches $34 Million Deal to End Engineer No-Poach Suit

RTX Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney division reached a $34 million deal to resolve claims that it agreed with other aerospace manufacturers not to poach one anothers’ employees in violation of federal antitrust law.

Plaintiffs in the case filed a notice of a proposed settlement with Pratt & Whitney Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut. Under the proposed agreement, the plaintiffs would end all claims against Pratt & Whitney.

David Granata filed the proposed class action lawsuit in 2021 against numerous aerospace contractors including Pratt & Whitney, the jet engine division of RTX, formerly known as ...