This will damage their hiring pipeline, when a wage suppression scheme that actually effected far more employees didn't? They are alleging recruiting actions while still employed at apple, and that he purposely inserted intermediaries in the recruiting to keep the employee "clean." If your plan is to use an outsider to recruit your direct reports to your new company, well, you'll have to be a little sneakier. Or just quit first.

Apple may be in the wrong, but I can't imagine the average potential hire giving a shit at this point.