DC says Watchmen was "a work for hire agreement at the start", however.
The juiciest of the three responses is the counterclaim, which alleges that EA was so incensed by the departure of several of its executives for Zynga that it tried to pressure Zynga into entering a "no hire" agreement.
An unusual situation involved injuries caused by a security guard working under an "Independent Contractor and Work for Hire Agreement".
He has served on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, where he led the effort to mandate a local hire agreement requiring 30% of all major construction jobs to be dedicated to local residents and those in need, providing those individuals with valuable experience and training in skilled professions.
The court's prohibition on exclusionary contracts is carefully drawn, however, so as to foster, rather than prohibit, procompetitive joint ventures, work-for-hire agreements, and intellectual property licenses...
"We never signed any contracts or work-for-hire agreements and I certainly never agreed to donating or selling any copyright of my work without a licensing fee.
In a joint court filing late last week, the companies told US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California that they were not seeking to bar Jobs' interactions with other witnesses about the no-hire agreements.
Witnesses at an upcoming trial over no-hire agreements in Silicon Valley should not be allowed to offer evidence that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was "a bully", four major technology companies argued in a court filing.
Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel agreed to settle a US Department of Justice probe in 2010 that barred them from entering into such no-hire agreements in the future.
Defends Hires The New York Fire Department acknowledged that it has been making increasing use of hiring agreements that allow firefighters with minor drug and alcohol convictions to join the ranks so long as they agree to random substance abuse tests.
In a statement filed by former Palm head Edward Colligan, new evidence has come to light about the prevalence of no-hire agreements.
