[kamkazemoose]

He makes both of those points, but I think the point of hours argument is that the behavior we're seeing is tech companies agreeing not to cold call, and no other form of not hiring or price fixing, and that as long as this is limited to stopping cold calls it isn't illegal.

[late2part]

I believe it is illegal to have companies collude to not actively recruit ("cold call") from each other. It diminishes the market demand for those employees and indirectly suppresses their wage.

[doktrin]

> tech companies agreeing not to cold call, and no other form of not hiring or price fixing, and that as long as this is limited to stopping cold calls it isn't illegal.

Yes, it's still illegal.