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Rippling sues Deel, Deel denies ‘all legal wrongdoing,’ and Slack is the main witness


It’s gloves off in one of the more tense rivalries in the world of startups. HR company Rippling Monday morning announced a lawsuit against Deel, another

The dramatic 50-page complaint alleges racketeering, misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference, unfair competition, and aiding & abetting breach of fiduciary duty. When the going is good and the economy is in an upswing — such as during the pandemic, when organizations scrambled for better tools to hire, fire, and manage people across disparate locations — the crowded market is less of an issue. The rivalry took another turn when a Deel sales director visited the site to check out the game, engaged with a chatbot on the page, and then later saw the exchange posted on Twitter by the COO of Rippling.

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