I am saying that the basis for law itself seems to not be invoked here. The government is the one distorting market forces, what you are describing is emergent behavior which comes out of market forces - companies agree to all sorts of arrangements including buying selling, exclusive service contracts and more. The govt has a rationale for this. The rationale is that most people will benefit from companies competing. I am saying that it hasnt been shown that most people will benefit from companies excessively disrupting each other's teams. The workers are still able to find jobs by SIMPLY BROWSING A MARKETPLACE. We are talking about agreements not to advertise the offers in certain places. The government restricts advertising all the time - for example in south american cities advertising in public places is now illegal. Is that distorting market forces? Well it sets the rules for the market. Here the rule is that companies cannot agree not to cold call each other's employees. I call bullshit on that benefiting anyone but a small group of employees. The teams suffer and the companies suffer and they pass on the cost to everyone.
