Apple, Google Offer Bigger Settlement in Antitrust Case

Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe have offered an increased settlement of $415 million, up from the $325 million they offered in the spring, in an attempt to bury an embarrassing class-action antitrust lawsuit, the New York Times reports. The suit accuses the companies of making illegal agreements not to directly solicit one another’s employees, conspiratorially limiting their engineers’ mobility and pay.