Apple, Google and Intel CEOs ordered into questioning over no-poaching deals

Judge Lucy Koh

If you’re the sort to go CEO-watching, you may want to swing by Judge Lucy Koh’s courtroom in the near future. Judge Koh has ordered four hours each of depositions from Apple’s Tim Cook, Intel’s Paul Otellini and former Google chief Eric Schmidt to glean more information about the alleged no-poaching agreements at the heart of a civil lawsuit that also includes Genentech, Intuit and Pixar. The line of questioning might not lead to any smoking gun statements — the Department of Justice already did some homework, after all. Should Judge Koh find against the companies, however, the high-profile investigation might determine the size and scope of any potential compensation for technology workers who claim they were shortchanged for years.

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Nintendo takes on Disney veteran as senior VP for digital in US, gets serious about this whole internet thing

Netflix on Wii U

Nintendo hinted it was improving its notoriously rudimentary online access with word of the Nintendo Network early this year, and was even more adamant at E3 about making a big push into digital video. Some have accused the company of nothing but flag-waving — if that’s true, the waving is about to turn into a full parade through a new hire. As of July 1st, Nintendo is bringing on Disney’s former Interactive Media Group senior VP Duncan Orrell-Jones to take on the just-minted role of senior VP for the company’s Network Business group in the US. He’ll be handling the overall American digital strategy, which covers both gaming as well as content. We’ll need to wait awhile before we see the results, but if it helps make sure friend codes never rise from the dead to haunt our Wii U, we’re all for it.

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