Variety has just published this article about a Department of Justice investigation into the relationship between Lucasfilm and Pixar. An excerpt:
The DoJ filed a complaint calling on the film, toon and FX powerhouse to stop entering into “anticompetitive” agreements with Pixar that the DoJ says have unfairly affected digital animators. The filing of the complaint included the proposed settlement to end the ongoing suit, pending court approval.
The complaint was part of a larger investigation by the DoJ’s antitrust division into tech company employment practices.
The department asserts that Lucasfilm and Pixar each agreed not to cold-call employees at the other company with job offers, to notify each other when offering a job to an employee, and not to counteroffer when such an offer was made.
The article does not mention that Pixar was initially a part of Lucasfilm but was sold to Disney.