Antitrust Lawyer Who Handled Tech Collusion Case to Join Private Firm
ByJames J. Tierney, the government antitrust lawyer who oversaw the complaint accusing six major Silicon Valley companies of colluding not to recruit competitors’ employees, is leaving the federal job to join the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
The chief of the Justice Department’s networks and technology enforcement section, Mr. Tierney, 62, worked for the government for 26 years. He oversaw all civil antitrust enforcement and competition policy in the areas of computer hardware and software, high technology component manufacturing, financial services, securities industries and professional associations…
Antitrust Lawyer Who Handled Tech Collusion Case to Join Private Firm