Former Rippling employee Keith O’Brien confronted the man at traffic lights near Dublin Airport after claiming he hadbeen "tailed" multiple times. HR software firm Deel has categorically denied it has anything to do with it.
Deel, the $12 billion US HR company, has filed to delay rival HR giant Rippling's case against it in the US courts.
Amid claims and counterclaims, now $12 billion-valued Deel alleges its rival Rippling ran a campaign against it using its “Competitive Intelligence Department”. Rippling rejects these claims and says it has the "highest ethical standards."
US HR giant Rippling has asked the High Court for an order for the bank to disclose information related to payments to alleged Deel spy Keith O'Brien. Revolut said it is intending to take a neutral position.
Deel and Rippling have "managed to agree directions to deal with a number of different issues". The multi-billion-dollar tech rivals told the High Court that they intend to submit motions ahead of a new court date in July.
Deel has said it wants the case to play out in Ireland but an affidavit from Rippling indicates that it is proving difficult to track down the co-defendants.
Hayes Solicitors has taken over representing Deel. In April, the High Court heard that in-house Deel lawyers had instructed a key player in the case, Keith O'Brien, to lie to A&L Goodbody.
The Dublin man at the heart of the corporate espionage allegations between rival US HR companies has avoided punishment for his contempt of a High Court order. He has learned the consequences of his actions, said the judge, and his cooperation "does him credit".
"Deel lawyers instructed Mr O'Brien to lie to Deel's own laywers" and make a false report to the Central Bank, a barrister for Rippling told the High Court. The judge called the allegations "extremely serious".
Keith O’Brien’s explosive affidavit makes extraordinary allegations about Deel, a rival HR firm to his employer Rippling. Deel has denied them all.
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