Comments on: Judge Koh orders Apple CEO Tim Cook to four hours of questioning in anti-poaching case

By: Crabapple

Crabapple — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:48:46 +0000

Only if ones husband is a judge himself, then indeed. the law will be above the law regardless of the permutations!

By: Crabapple

Crabapple — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:45:17 +0000

@ Truth. One has a choice. If you choose a super huge wage packet on condition that you do not leave over a given period and that when you do leave, you will not work for a rival for at least a given period. If you are then compensated at the end of that period enough to cover the period in which you are not to engage with a rival business and perhaps enough to never need to work again or to set up your own business. How is that limiting your career?

By: DR

DR — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:48:32 +0000

Not sure having Tim doing this is a good thing. Apple Inc. needs to avoid any suggestion of narcissism in speaking with the Court.

By: peterblood71

peterblood71 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:40:55 +0000

Yeah wouldn’t that be great to put HER under the microscope questioning her rulings with an arsenal of the truth on display? I suggest she would crumble under the proceedings. Or look like a prime moron.

By: leodavinci1

leodavinci1 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:29:33 +0000

Yeah… I’m sure Cook determines Apple janitor’s salary. Because, you know, CEOs have nothing better to do than determine every last employees wages.

I’m beginning to suspect Koh hasn’t a clue as to how businesses actually function.

And why is she on another case involving Apple? Don’t they have enough judges in California?

By: botvinnik

botvinnik — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:35:26 +0000

She gets to be on tv and stuff.

By: botvinnik

botvinnik — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:34:22 +0000

Limelight Lucy likes being a star.

By: Pirate

Pirate — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:48:17 +0000

In the early days of retail, there was definitely an anti-poaching rule between Apple, Best Buy, and several other retailers. On several occasions I was told to stand down on a recruit because ‘we can’t take managers from them’.

By: Ballmer's left nut

Ballmer's left nut — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:04:20 +0000

Look, in an organisation the size of Apple’s there are clearly delineated lines of authority. At the top of the hiring pyramid so to speak is the human resource director. As to formulation of policies associated with hiring and firing and ‘illegal handcuffs’ preventing the employee from working elsewhere, the HR director would be the person most closely associated with formulating such policies and should be the person put on the stand.

Grilling the COO and CEO of the company with regard to hiring practices over 4 hours is the equivalent of abuse of judicial powers. Just because you have those powers and are empowered to exercise them doesn’t mean you are entitled to exercise them in a mindless manner.

By: Truth

Truth — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:55:03 +0000

I guess I should have known better than to engage you in conversation and expect anything other than insane blather..

A judicial inquiry is equal to genocide in your twisted little hyperbole world is it? It is completely unreasonable for the court to ask the guy in charge what he knows?

I guess I forgot that in America when you run a corporation you are above the law and can do what ever you want…

By: Ballmer's left nut

Ballmer's left nut — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:35:45 +0000

I believe only Hitler and his henchmen believed that wasting a citizen’s time asking irrelevant questions and sending them to the gas chambers was acceptable behaviour. But I don’t know what Judge Judy’s legal standards are, probably lower than Herr Hitler’s.

By: Truth

Truth — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:55:57 +0000

Silicon valley execs collude to limit employees career options, essentially making the employees status: work here or work nowhere, we own you. And you think it is inappropriate for the judge to take some of the biggest silicon valley ceo’s time to ask questions about it?

What an obedient little corporate slave you make.

By: Truth

Truth — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:52:31 +0000

How is that exactly? A bunch of CEO’s brainstorm a plot to limit employees options, bend em over a barrel and the judge is a nazi for wanting answers?

OK..

By: opsono

opsono — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:33:05 +0000

What would it cost a ‘normal’ person to get Tim into a small room for four hours? Seriously, the court system is a total FUBAR.

By: Ballmer's left nut

Ballmer's left nut — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:51:43 +0000

She obviously got her law degree from the Berlin school of Hitlerite thought.

By: Wingsy

Wingsy — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:38:01 +0000

When (if) this case comes to trial Apple will be raked over the coals by the media and their stock will take yet another hit. The other companies will get a free ride from the press and their stick may even rise.

Me, cynical? Nope. I just learn from history.

By: KarlV

KarlV — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:03:42 +0000

I thought she was cool at first but Lucy Koh has showed to be nothing but a bitch.

By: GM

GM — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:10:09 +0000

It’s a conspiracy.

By: iRon

iRon — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:48:30 +0000

Do they have only one judge in California? Is she presiding over all cases involving Apple?

By: Alf

Alf — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:29:55 +0000

Koh sputtered, “I find it hard to believe a COO would have no say over salary and compensation for all employees.”

Of course, you would, Judge Koh, because you’re too fracking stupid to understand the role of a Chief OPERATING Officer.

By: Skip

Skip — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:25:38 +0000

From my experience, this varies from company to company. In a company Apple’s size, I’d be surprised if Cook handled this. Still, I’ve been surprised before and we shall see.

By: Slamdung

Slamdung — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:01:13 +0000

Come Feb 20th, lets hope the mole is Cooked.
sWeeeeet justice.

This is all heating up very well…
INdepWel, Gargooyle and MacroSloth all need to come clean.
The Apple is getting waxed and will shine.

By: hannahjs

hannahjs — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:16:15 +0000

The law is above the law

By: birdy

birdy — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:05:41 +0000

On the other hand I need a few minutes to question judge Koh.