Report: Judge approves EBay antitrust settlement

San Francisco – A federal judge has reportedly approved an antitrust settlement EBay reached in May 2012. The settlement relates to a secret deal EBay reached with tax preparation software provider Intuit in which the two companies agreed not to hire each other’s employees.



According to Reuters, the settlement calls for EBay to not make any deals with any other technology companies to avoid hiring each other’s employees.