Lin v. Drummond
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- Civil Rights: Jobs
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- State
- Illinois
- Circuit
- Seventh Circuit
Related Laws
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Outcome
The Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of plaintiffs' antitrust challenge to McDonald's no-poach clause, holding that while the clause may constitute a horizontal restraint, plaintiffs failed to adequately plead market power and the case was remanded for further proceedings on whether the restraint is ancillary to lawful business purposes.
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