"Desperate to stem this exodus, EA undertook an anti-competitive and unlawful scheme to stop Zynga from hiring its employees and to restrain the mobility of EA employees in violation of the spirit of the antitrust laws and California public policy."

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Zynga’s response to EA’s lawsuit, via TechCrunch.

Replace “Zynga” with “Playdom”, and “EA” with “Zynga”, and you’ve got these super fun 14 months of my life.