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Employer A had been unwise enough to put, in writing, that he was deliberately trying to lure Employer B's workers away from him with the express purpose of putting employer B out of business. Employer B sued and won; the court rules that the two employers could not hire anyone who had worked for the other one in the last year, and the order was for, I believe, 18 months. After that, either of them could try to hire anyone they chose to and good luck to them. But for that one year and a half, Employer A could not hire anyone who had worked for Employer B in the past year, and vice versa.