Antitrust: Shipbuilders sued for agreeing not to poach others’ employees

Antitrust: Shipbuilders sued for agreeing not to poach others’ employees

Where plaintiffs alleged the nation’s largest shipbuilders and naval-engineering consultancies formed a “gentlemen’s agreement” not to recruit each other’s employees in an effort to drive down wages, the district court erred when it dismissed the lawsuit on statute of limitations grounds. An alleged agreement that is kept “non-ink-to-paper” to avoid detection can qualify as an affirmative act of concealment.