Tag Archives: Heather S. Nyong’o

Court Ends Antitrust No-Poach Trial in U.S. v. Patel with Judgment of Acquittal

by Brian Byrne, Heather S. Nyong’o, Jeremy Calsyn, Larry Malm, and Joseph M. Kay

Photos of the authors

From left to right: Brian Byrne, Heather S. Nyong’o, Jeremy Calsyn, Larry Malm, and Joseph M. Kay (photos courtesy of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

On April 28, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Victor A. Bolden entered an Order under Criminal Procedure Rule 29 acquitting the defendants in United States v. Patel, a federal criminal prosecution claiming that individuals employed by an aerospace company and its suppliers of outsourced labor entered into a per se illegal conspiracy under Section 1 of the Sherman Act to restrict hiring. Continue reading →