Lawsuit charging J&J with unfair competition in the hiring of two former P&G executives -- Neal Matheson and Steven Shaya -- is settled. J&J's counterclaim regarding P&G's hiring of former J&J executive Bruce Semple also has been resolved. P&G commented that "Matheson and Shaya will be restricted from working in critical areas of J&J's skin care business for three years." J&J said that Semple would be restricted by "similar" terms. J&J said P&G never filed an amended complaint that would have raised questions about Matheson and Shaya's possible involvement in J&J's acquisition of Neutrogena ("The Tan Sheet" Sept. 12, p. 11)
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